Malignant normality silently takes hold in America
The national media should free itself from this president’s constant demand for exposure and attention.
Can we get the money out of politics?
Just as the National Popular Vote movement is an attempt to sidestep the Electoral College to ensure the president is elected by the people rather than the states, there are examples and steps we can follow to help get the money out of politics.
For corporate media, it’s ‘anybody but Sanders or Warren’
History is unfolding in real-time. It’s not a product on the media shelf, to be passively bought and consumed.
Blending capitalism and socialism
Why can't we detach personal income from industry so that we can all make rational decisions about what is good and bad for society?
Who is worse: Donald Trump or Mitch McConnell?
The two of them have degraded and corrupted American democracy. We need them both out.
Bloomberg for president? God no!
Will Bloomberg buy his way to the top or even to a brokered convention where he could buy the support of the Super Delegates?
Iraqis rise up against 16 years of ‘made in the USA’ corruption
“Protesters are demanding the overthrow of a political class seen as corrupt and serving foreign powers."
Obama: A great president or a sell-out?
Those of us who were there at the 2008 election – and who worked hard for Obama to win – remember Hope and Change.
“You’ll know the tree by the fruit it bears”: Bernie Sanders’ people powered campaign
The fruit of Bernie Sanders’ labors are not just in the realm of policy, they’re also in the people who support him.
The need for international governance and local cooperatives
In the long run, I think we need to move towards international governance to avoid the sort of nasty nationalism we are seeing in America.