US Supreme Court’s blow to Big Oil ‘should open the floodgates for more lawsuits’
"The high court's decision is a major victory for communities across the country that are fighting to hold Big Oil accountable and make them pay for the climate damages they knowingly caused," said one advocate.
Can centrism be a movement? The answer may surprise you
Real centrism, based on the needs and ideals of most voters, could very well become a movement.
Is today’s NRA the “price of freedom”?
Someday, people will read about this moment in history books and wonder how we got to this level of insanity.
Corporate media equate Sanders to Trump—because for them, Sanders is the bigger threat
For our country’s most influential media outlets, which have thrived under the Trump administration, it’s clear which one is the greater threat.
How the super rich are killing Social Security
It’s going to run out of money before you can ever receive it if the rich don’t start paying their fair share.
A government that has plunged this country into a state of regression
It is entirely possible that the process has now gone too far and cannot be reversed.
Trump advisors plan to privatize native lands to tap into oil rich reservations
The incoming president has picked climate change deniers and pro-fossil fuel bigwigs for cabinet positions.
Where is Marley’s ghost… When we really need him?
The overwhelming preponderance of dead-end box store jobs and part-time positions offering little or no benefits is what we have become in this so-called modern era.
The bailout is working—for the rich
If the health crisis does not pass quickly, or if the economy does not roar back, the Fed’s actions might prove inadequate.
Russiagate or deep state? What some progressives get wrong on Russia.
The bizarre denialism of some on the left and right about Russiagate doesn't bode well for the future of American politics.