Tightening Race Between Sanders and Clinton in Iowa and New Hampshire
Although still behind, Bernie Sanders is showing strong numbers in Iowa. Analysts say it may come down to the turnout come voting day.
Exxon’s Weapons of Mass Confusion on Climate Change
The real power, and our great hope, is in the People's rebellion: marches, civil disobedience, trainings, teach-ins and other actions to pressure leaders to put people and the planet over corporate profiteering.
Winners and Losers in Our New Media Moment
The winners of the latest version of the news and election cycle won’t be the American people or the electoral system or a deeper knowledge of how our world works.
The Revolt of the Anxious Class
Most middle-class individuals are good people, not bigots or racists. They work hard and they have a strong sense of fairness. But their world has been slowly coming apart. And they’re scared and fed up.
Bernie Sanders Seeks to Cut Carbon Emissions by 80%
“What the scientists tell us is that we have a relatively short window of opportunity to bring about the fundamental changes that we need in our global energy system to transform our energy system."
A Holiday Note to Congress: Half of Your Country is In or Near Poverty
Members of Congress, comfortably nestled in bed with millionaire friends and corporate lobbyists, are in denial about the true state of the American middle class.
President Obama Wants to Close Gun Loopholes Without Congress
President Obama is fed up with Congress blocking every attempt at enacting new gun control measures. He is now taking steps to try to close gun loopholes without them.
Bernie Sanders Visits the Neighborhood Where Freddie Gray was Murdered
Senator Sanders likened what he saw in the impoverished area to a Third World country: “Anyone who took the walk that we took around this neighborhood would not think you are in a wealthy nation."
VIDEO: 6 Times U.S. Government Excluded Millions Based on Race or Religion
Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and other bigots on the far right are nothing new in American history.
The Sanders Polling Anomaly
New polling shows that Sanders presents Democratic voters with the existential choice of attempting to at least start digging out of the corrupt plutocracy, or instead burrowing in even deeper with another Clinton.