On Leaders and Demagogues
Living in a democracy, it's important that we distinguish leaders from demagogues. So with the current crop of Presidential candidates: Who are the leaders and who are the demagogues?
Should the Supreme Court be reformed?
In recent years the legitimacy of the Supreme Court has come under question as Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, and Senate Republicans have...
Special Delivery for the Plutocrats
Spending by outside groups exploded from about $15 million in 1998 to more than $1 billion in 2012. And between the Clinton coffers and Koch cash, the crisis will get far worse as the 2016 presidential-election season heats up. Doug Hughes hopes to help change this.
North Dakota oil spill vastly underestimated as Trump approves KXL
On Jan. 24, President Trump signed an executive order making it easier for both the Keystone XL and the DAPL to go forward.
Monsanto loses millions of dollars after Indian farmers switch to indigenous seeds
Monsanto claims that the genetically modified cotton seeds they sell are superior. So why are so many people trying to switch?
A Mailman on a Mission
"Doug Hughes’ gyrocopter stunt was no flight of fancy." It seems the majority of Americans are behind his bold “very special delivery” through the heart of our nation’s most restricted airspace in an effort to shake up and shape up Congress.
Trump’s Infrastructure Scam
To really make America great again we need more and better infrastructure that’s for the public – not for big developers and investors.
‘Enormous policy failure’: states throw hundreds of thousands—including many children—off Medicaid
"We knew this was coming," wrote one policy expert. "But we still treat these burdens like they're unavoidable natural disasters."
Democrats boycott committee vote on Trump’s EPA pick
“Pruitt is wholly unfit and unqualified to lead the EPA.”
Big tech platforms have had a “profound negative effect on democracy.” Is it time...
“People of all political stripes understand that there’s a problem here.”