Sunday, July 12, 2026

It Took Jeb $150 Million, 250 Days and 3 States to Figure Out Republicans...

Former Governor of Florida Jeb Bush has just dropped out of running for president.

Don’t let President Biden ‘make us the dupes of our hopes’

More than being a time of hope -- or fatalism -- the inauguration of President Joe Biden should be a time of skeptical realism and determination.

Expanding Supreme Court may be only way to protect Democracy

2020 Democratic candidates may not be able to avoid this issue for long.

When Barbara Lee doesn’t speak for me

Lee now seems to have cast aside her beliefs expressed in her historic 2001 speech.

Want to bring down Donald Trump?

Follow the people who follow the money.

How the Federal Reserve is increasing wealth inequality

The Fed’s low-interest-rate policies have stabilized the economy and turbocharged the stock market. But those who don’t own lots of stocks haven’t benefited anywhere near as much as those who do.

NatCon kingmaker?

The most dangerous thing about rightwing populism or ‘National Conservatism’ is that the plutocrats that fund it and have become its standard bearers pretend that they have the interests of working people at heart.

Trump’s appointment of fracking CEO Chris Wright to lead Department of Energy sparks environmental...

Environmental advocates sound the alarm as President-elect Trump nominates Liberty Energy CEO Chris Wright, a staunch fossil fuel supporter, to lead the Department of Energy.

Everybody in, nobody out

A democratic society means that everyone, including the poor, has a say in how our lives are lived and workplaces organized.

We need to know how corporate Democrats made President Trump possible

Scrutinizing them now is vital not only for clarity about the past. It also makes possible a clear focus on ways to prevent further catastrophe.