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.
Meet the coalition resisting the global push for land privatization in Brazil
A campaign by U.S. and Brazilian activists challenging TIAA and other financial firms’ complicity in land grabs and deforestation in Brazil is scoring major victories.
The interminable, withering babble from today’s Tower of Babel
When the end is messianic, imperial, “destiny” or God’s will—human fabrications made into commandments—all civilized bets are off.
Northam’s transition team leader has ties to companies behind Atlantic Coast Pipeline
“This appointment does raise concerns.”
‘Give the money back,’ demands Tlaib after revelation of $1 million donation to House...
"Democrats were bought off for leaving six million Americans without an eviction moratorium."
Will Gov. Snyder be next to be charged over poisoning of Flint’s water supply?
The Flint water crisis began when unelected emergency manager Darnell Earley, appointed by Governor Rick Snyder, switched the source of the city’s drinking water from the Detroit system to the corrosive Flint River.
Is CIA director Bill Burns a Biden yes-man, a Putin apologist or a peacemaker?
The insight on Russia that he provided to his government during many years as a diplomat and then ambassador at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow will answer some critical questions regarding his current role in the Biden administration.
What road should progressives take?
Let’s all band together and throw out Trump, the neoliberals, and those who want ever more wealth for the already wealthy.
EPA nominee Scott Pruitt gets grilled on fossil fuel ties at confirmation hearing
“Simply put, Scott Pruitt is unprepared and unfit for the job.”
Trump’s war on the courts, the press, and the states
Trump doesn’t want any resistance. He wants total control.