Naomi Klein: The worst is yet to come with Trump, so we must be...
There’s no doubt that some savvy people around Trump are using the daily shocks as cover to advance wildly pro-corporate policies that bear little resemblance to what Trump pledged on the campaign trail.
The sham of corporate social responsibility
The only way to get such laws enacted is by reducing corporate power and getting big money out of politics.
Empire of Chaos
With President Trump, Is the American Experiment Over?
On January 6th, the U.S. became a foreign country
How endless wars and interventions helped create the assault on the Capitol...
What’s Left of the Left?
If progressives can't gain ground during today's hard times, full of disasters at home and abroad, then when? If progressives don't gain when the right lurches between disgrace and farce, gloating with lies that scandalize reality, then when? Bright spots surface, but what notable change, especially on income distribution, speaks to unified progressive activism?
Amy Klobuchar, Minneapolis police and her VP quest
With Klobuchar now on Joe Biden’s short list for vice president, the gruesome killing of Floyd has refocused attention on Klobuchar’s history of racial injustice.
Over Two Dozen Witnesses and Suspects Mysteriously Die in Indian Cheating Scandal
For several years, students and job applicants in India were paying large bribes to manipulate their test results for entrance into medical schools and government positions and now suspects involved are mysteriously dying. Students have mostly been targeted.
How the U.S. has empowered and armed neo-Nazis in Ukraine
Right now, Ukrainians are united in their resistance to Russia’s invasion, but we should not be surprised when the U.S. alliance with neo-Nazi proxy forces in Ukraine, including the infusion of billions of dollars in sophisticated weapons, results in similarly violent and destructive blowback.
Federal judge abruptly retires due to sexual harassment allegations
At least 15 women have accused Judge Alex Kozinski of sexual misconduct.
No, Paul, it wasn’t because of “growing pains”
America and the rest of the world must hold our collective breath, hoping that the next elections – the midterms of 2018 and then the presidential election of 2020 – set things right.