How big money corrupts our politics (and how to fix it)
Corporate money is dominating our democracy. So how do we get rid of it?
New engineering report finds privately built border wall will fail
Portions of the wall were in danger of overturning if not fixed due to extensive erosion just months after it was built.
History shows federal agents don’t stop civil unrest
Research on public security in countries that use this tactic finds militarized federal interventions can have unintended—and often negative—consequences.
‘The corruption is bottomless’: Documents reveal chair of Postal Service Board is director of...
"Can the GOP's takeover of USPS be any more blatant?"
Thousands of pollution monitoring exemptions made to oil and gas industry amid pandemic
“It’s like saying, ‘We’re going to remove the radar guns and remove speedometers, but you still have to comply with the speed limit. That doesn’t make sense.”
How could the left miss the messiah in our midst? Hail Caesar! Hail Savior...
Lying (to correct worse lies) thus morphs into truth-telling, failing is success (showing how worthless is government), and perfidy to his own Constitutional oath is greatness (because the ends do justify the means).
Four years ago, we warned that Trump could win. Now, we’re warning again.
Trump really could win again. The more progressives wrap their minds around that reality now, the less likely they’ll have to live with it for another four years.
A united front is the right strategy to defeat authoritarianism
With a second Trump term, all hope of progressive change is gone. With a Biden Presidency, with hard work and mass mobilization, there is at least a chance for a better and more progressive America.
AOC’s convention speech
The DNC authorized the release of the following transcript of her speech as follows...
The two parties have failed us, but the people can succeed
We have the ability to make this country ungovernable and if we use that power, we can make demands that cannot be ignored.