Monday, November 9, 2026

‘We’re not going away!’ nonviolent protest over voting rights ends with arrests in DC

“We’re saying across this country, it’s time for people... to march on these Senate offices,” declared Rev. William Barber.

Has the Trump stunt lasted long enough?

Waiting for 2020 is no longer a moral, functional or rational option.

Bernie, Rand lone voices against Iran-Russia sanctions bill

“The U.S. has now moved one step closer to a potential war with Iran.”

Still MIA: Decisive democratic narrative that frames a winning game plan

Right-wing hegemony won’t be dislodged until Democrats formulate a breakthrough narrative that topples cynical, predatory Trump-massaged propaganda.

Trump and Musk’s plan to slash 83,000 VA jobs sparks outrage

A leaked internal memo from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has revealed that the Trump administration, in coordination with Elon Musk’s...

As France Lifts Municipal Burkini Ban, Let’s Ask Why We Should Care What Other...

Islamophobic conservatives express outrage that Western progressives support Muslim rights that the conservatives want to curb. But progressives also support Sikhs, Haredi Jews and others who want to be different, as long as their being different doesn’t harm anyone.

FBI Arrests Cop on Charges of Police Brutality and Falsifying Records

Officer Domenico Lillo has been accused of the "use of excessive force and falsifying records in order to cover up their actions" in various lawsuits, but was never convicted. Lillo now faces up to 30 years in prison after he was arrested by the FBI for deprivation of civil rights.

Fundamentalist pandemics

Whether in America or Iran, fundamentalist religion often made for dismally bad public policy during the first wave of COVID-19.

How 300 billionaires poured $3 billion into the 2024 elections

A tiny fraction of donors supplied nearly one-fifth of all federal campaign spending as billionaire influence surged to unprecedented levels.

Substance over spectacle: How progressivism won the first two rounds of Democratic debates

With the first two rounds of Democratic debates having passed, and with a long pause before the next round on ABC and Univision on September 12th (there may be two nights again, depending on how many candidates...