Thursday, November 12, 2026

Clinton Commits: No TPP, Fundamentally Rethink Trade Policies

Clinton’s statement helps. Asking members of Congress to vote against TPP would help more.

Russia and the future of Europe

With EU elections approaching, the Kremlin has backed some of the most noxious reactionaries now operating on the world scene.

Donald Trump: Superhero to Billionaires

Trump is a hero to the diamond-encrusted-penthouse-door coterie for his plan to turn the United States into a fiefdom in which billionaires rule for the benefit of billionaires.

Koch, Bradley money fuels Trump’s right-wing echo chamber

In the face of widespread outrage, Trump's friends from the Summit have gone out of their way to justify his actions.

Six lessons the remorseless siege against procreative rights can teach the left

Secular democracy, as in majority rule, is just as threatened by religious fanaticism as it is by looming dictatorship.

The enduring tyranny of oil

War, inflation, geopolitical rivalry, and soaring world temperatures.

What Obama’s Climate Legacy Tells Us About Executive Power

Incremental progress beats no progress. But the climate needs all hands, and all branches of government, on deck.

Killing civilians in Iraq and Syria

The Trump administration has shifted from extermination to annihilation in its war against the Islamic State.

Dominion buys pipeline support at Supreme Court through GOP Attorneys General

With a key Atlantic Coast Pipeline appeal before the Supreme Court, US Attorney General Barr and Republican state Attorneys General have intervened in Dominion’s favor – while sharing close financial ties to the utility.

Why billionaires don’t really like capitalism

Capitalism doesn’t work well with monopolies, insider-trading, political payoffs, fraud, and large amounts of inherited wealth.