What does it Mean to “Gig” American Workers?
Gig economy is aptly named, for "gigs" are crude four-hook fishing devices that are dragged by commercial fleets through schools of fish to impale them, haul them in, and cash in on the pain.
A project for survival in these United States
What this country might look like if its politics were so much less top-down and so much more bottom-up.
Bringing Back Bill
“Hillary promises that her former-president husband will be put ‘in charge of revitalizing the economy.’”
Obama Endorses Clinton, Then Undermines Her On TPP
Democrats can help Clinton in the election by passing a strong plank in the party platform opposing the TPP and similar “free trade’ agreements.
House to debate amendment with big implications for expanding petrochemical industry
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is currently considering extending $1.9 billion in federal loan guarantees to the Appalachia Development Group.
Of budgets and beatitudes: The Pope meets the Donald
“A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian.”
Iraq War, Based on Lies, Rages On
While Iraqi corpses piled up in streets and morgues, Bush’s behavior was unfathomable. War is no joke.
The Republican Party’s sickness of the soul
There is, indeed, a “poverty of spirit” at work here.
After Putin
Russia is increasingly becoming the Saudi Arabia of the north.
The GOP will free you from having health care
You're free to be poor, free to be politically powerless or free to be ill and uncared for.