Why I’m betting on Millennials, this November 6th
In my thirty-five years of teaching college students, I’ve not encountered a generation as dedicated to making the nation better as this one.
‘Totally indefensible’: Biden nominates death squad backer Elliott Abrams to diplomacy panel
"Elliott Abrams, enemy of human rights, apologist for mass murder, should have no place within spitting distance of any Democratic administration in any capacity."
Wisconsin legislators seek to criminalize climate, environmental protests
“It is alarming to see the fossil fuel industry trying to pit environmentalists and labor unions against one another."
Comey got in the face of Trump’s ‘Godfather’ fantasy
The testimony of the fired FBI director revealed a president who sees himself more crime boss than chief executive.
Labor Day 2020: The power shift
If wealth continues to concentrate at the top, no one will be able to contain the corrupting influence of big money on the American system and the anger it unleashes.
A corporate supercell spawning a hailstorm of special-interest legislation
Protecting corporate profits and power by overruling democratically made local policies is a crime that's easily understood and loathed by nearly all Americans.
The Oilman Who Loved Dictators
In the United States three quarters of a century later, well-funded climate change deniers and the political network supported by the Koch brothers are testimony to the enduring power of the oil industry.
Can a war of words become a world of war?
Andrew Bacevich and Bill Moyers talk Trump and Kim Jong Un.
Schumer backs Sanders’ proposal to include dental, hearing, and vision care in Medicare
“With the current Medicare platform, those three things are just left out, like it’s no big deal,” said the Democratic leader. “But it is a big deal and we should fix it.”
Set to approve $4.5 trillion to bail out corporations, Trump White House objects to...
"As governors and local leaders around the country are making clear, private efforts without more extensive government support are proving far from sufficient to meet the current and anticipated needs."