The trade deal crusaders: Can they never learn?
The TPP and other next generation trade deals are also about putting in place stronger and longer patent and copyright protections.
Excessive corporate power breeds political repression
In the face of extractive industries’ enormous economic clout, Central Americans are facing increasing displacement and threats to their democratic rights.
The New Compassionate Conservatism and Trickle-Down Economics
Republican policies have nudged it toward big gains at the top and stagnation for everyone else. When will the leading Republican hopefuls recognize the economy has to work for everyone and not just a few?
The propaganda of war
There are multiple efforts at present to strengthen and revive the peace movement in the United States, and this is a critical necessity.
Some Florida and Arizona Republicans show how to counter 2020 election lies
Developments in two swing states showcase how election records can be used to debunk disinformation and provide more transparency of vote counts.
Big businesses promised wage hikes from Trump’s tax cuts. What actually happened?
The rich keep getting richer.
‘Give the money back,’ demands Tlaib after revelation of $1 million donation to House...
"Democrats were bought off for leaving six million Americans without an eviction moratorium."
Binary pablum for the masses
The use of simplistic binary rhetoric has been the modus operandi of Populist leaders throughout history.
Is Trump an Aberration?
The Dark History of the “Nation of Immigrants”
America is a poor advertisement for democracy
Congressional paralysis, voter suppression, and widespread political polarization all suggest that American democracy is far from exemplary.