Scott Pruitt’s real scandal is helping turn the US into a full-fledged petrostate
The EPA chief isn’t just corrupt – he believes the role of government is to help the fossil fuel industry maximize profits.
Democrats who vote for Pompeo will disgrace themselves and their party
If the party can’t even take a stand against hate, does it stand for anything?
Challenges for resolving complex conflicts
If we do not dramatically and quickly improve our individual and collective capacity to resolve conflicts nonviolently, including when we are dealing with individuals who are insane, then one day relatively soon we will share the fate of those 200 species of life we drove to extinction today.
Why the DNC is fighting WikiLeaks and not Wall Street
With eyes on the prizes from corporate largesse, DNC officials don’t see downsides to whacking at WikiLeaks and undermining press freedom in the process.
A plutocratic coup
We tend to believe that plots to overthrow the government are totally foreign to our national character. But we do do coups.
Democrats side with banks and approve Volcker Rule Regulation Harmonization Act
From lobbying disclosures, it shows that American Bankers Association have lobbied on the Volcker Rule in both the House and Senate this past year.
Totalitarian dream: Fatherland/homeland
Of course, the embedded with empire mainstream media only allows discourse from writers and citizens who express within the spectrum of the Republican & Democratic parties.
This union nurse and outspoken progressive could become Iowa’s next governor
Cathy Glasson is running an insurgent campaign on a platform of Medicare for all, a $15 minimum wage and ending “right to work” laws.
Binary pablum for the masses
The use of simplistic binary rhetoric has been the modus operandi of Populist leaders throughout history.
The shameful silence of the CEOs
Today’s CEOs finance a larger part of our political system, yet they won’t take a stand to save it.