Tuesday, May 26, 2026

In the Autumn of America’s Empire

How Trump is demolishing U.S. global power and its world order.

Why the right really hates the Postal Service

It’s not about USPS’s efficiency or viability. It’s about equity and collective good, values that are anathema to predatory capitalism.

43 traitors

There were 43 Republican senators who failed to uphold their oath of office by voting to acquit Donald Trump and potentially created a January exception for future outgoing presidents.

Exclusive: Freed CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou Says 'I Would Do It All Again' to...

John Kiriakou, a retired CIA agent, was recently released from prison after blowing the whistle on the George W. Bush administration’s torture program. He talks exclusively to Democracy Now! without regrets.
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When the KKK murdered my childhood friend 

We must never give in to cruelty and violence. It is incumbent on all of us to stand up to bullies and be each other’s protectors.

The Trump-Mamdani show was amazing. But downsides for Progressives could turn out to be...

Trump and Mamdani found each other newly useful last Friday. Only later will we know who was more effectively using whom.

‘Protest and decades of struggle:’ Long Island is nuclear-free today

Because of that 1979 protest and decades of painstaking and difficult struggle, LILCO was stopped in its nuclear push – and Long Island today is nuclear-free.

Why a Single-Payer Healthcare System is Inevitable

If this weren’t enough to convince rational people to do what most other advanced nations have done – create a single-payer system that insures everyone, funded by taxpayers – consider that America’s giant health insurers are now busily consolidating into ever-larger behemoths.

210 defendants cite Trump’s call as motive for capitol attack

Uncover how 210 January 6 defendants attribute their actions to Trump's incitement, revealing deep links between his rhetoric and the Capitol attack.

America is stabbing itself in the back

Tough truths are desperately needed about America’s lost wars...