Texas activists combine social media with old-school tactics to resist conservative agenda
Intersectional movements are helping the left gain ground, not just play defense.
Top Trump official for pipeline safety profits from selling oil spill equipment
Pearce's company was awarded three different federal contracts and provided waste disposal equipment to the Department of Defense.
Trump is signaling an unprecedented right turn on foreign policy
From his feud with Bob Corker to his plans to renege on the Iran deal, Trump's mood swings mean a dangerous new era of foreign policy.
What happened to Trump’s pledge to close this billionaire loophole?
The president's pledge to roll back a hedge fund loophole has mysteriously vanished from his tax plan.
Why the Republican tax plan is more failed trickle-down economics
Don’t fall for supply-side, trickle-down nonsense. Lower taxes on the rich don’t generate growth and jobs.
Faces of pain, faces of hope
The message of the consumer society, pumped out over flat screen televisions, computers and smartphones, to those trapped at the bottom of society is loud and unrelenting: You are a failure.
The evil that guns do
The firearms lobby suggests that because morality can’t be legislated, the evil of gun violence can only be controlled by... more guns.
10 reasons the US should stick with the Iran nuclear deal
Toying with a serious nuclear agreement to influence Iran in other areas is simply irresponsible and dangerous.
The scandal of Pentagon spending
Your tax dollars support troops of defense contractor CEOs.
More than ‘moron,’ more like plague
Would that Trump were only or simply “a moron.” The problem is worse, but the solution is getting clearer.