Tuesday, May 21, 2024

In the time of Trump, all we have is each other

We will endure by holding fast to our integrity, by building community and by spawning new institutions in the midst of the wreckage. We will sustain each other.

Trump’s attack on civil rights hero John Lewis over MLK day weekend

The congressman does not plan on attending Trump’s inauguration, along with a handful of Democrats who are boycotting the event.

As Feds Probe Baltimore Police, Cops in Freddie Gray Case Seek Removal of Prosecutor...

Lawyers for six of the officers involved in the killing of Freddie Gray are challenging the role of Baltimore’s top prosecutor, Marilyn Mosby, claiming alleged conflicts of interest and "egregious" violations. Is this their way of possibly influencing the jurors?

Covid is resurging. So is Trumpian politics.

Months ago, it seemed as if this darkness was behind us. It is not.

Watch: Katie Porter, squad members eviscerate big pharma CEOs over ‘exorbitant’ drug prices

“To recap here: The drug didn’t get any better, the cancer patients didn’t get any better, you just got better at making money—you just refined your skills at price gouging.”

In the last 40 years CEO pay has risen by 937% while worker wages...

America’s inequality problem continues to be the worst in the industrialized world. 

Robert Reich | A Yinnopoulos, Bannon, Trump plot to control American universities?

There may be something worrying going on here.

The Trump dictatorship

Democracy is about means, while dictatorship is about ends. Trump uses any means available to achieve his own ends.

White House Staff Secretary resigns amid abuse allegations

Rob Porter is resigning from office while denying the allegations against him.