In New York, and beyond, our Plutocrats may need a new playbook
What happens at America’s state level can sometimes reverse the political momentum of the entire nation. We experienced just such a reversal...
Trump’s “deep state” is Trump’s corrupt state
Trump has been ramping up his “Deep State” rhetoric again. He’s back to blaming a cabal of bureaucrats, FBI and CIA agents,...
Federal minimum wage stagnant for 3,615 days, a ‘shameful’ period in history
"I've been criticized for this so let me say it again: the federal minimum wage of $7.25/hr is a starvation wage. Every worker deserves a living wage of at least $15 an hour."
America’s suicide epidemic
On a problem that literally has life-and-death significance for a pivotal portion of his base, Trump has been AWOL.
Whether it’s the new NAFTA or the old NAFTA, it serves the 1 percent
NAFTA displaced 2 million Mexican family farmers as U.S. agricultural products, sometimes subsidized, flowed tariff-free south of the border.
The US raises red flags on Russia’s plutonium experiments – while ramping up its...
The secrecy surrounding this work has long raised suspicions – among many nations – that a global nuclear test ban treaty is being violated.
The most unpopular presidential election winner ever could win again in 2020
Americans may again see something that, statistically speaking, has never been seen before.
US sanctions: Economic sabotage that is deadly, illegal and ineffective
Global condemnation should also focus on the country responsible for the deadly, illegal and ineffective economic warfare at the heart of this crisis: the United States.
US foreign policy exposed
All the information points to a foreign policy that violates international law and standards, perpetrates wars and conflict and seeks to undermine press freedom in order to commit its crimes in secret.
A ‘Poor People’s Moral Budget’ because ‘everybody has the right to live’
"For too long, we have turned to those with wealth and power to solve our most pressing social problems."