Is the World Order Collapsing?
Will world order will continue as is, with occasional disruptions and non-compliance?
Why the Islamic State Is the Minor Leagues of Terror
Is it time to panic? Let's put terror threats into perspective for 2016.
Five facts that show the enormity of American inequality
Whatever wealth exists among America's poor should not be taken away because of some ignorant prejudice of the rich.
‘Very stable genius’ bravado—Trump’s epic self-delusions will boomerang, again
The president keeps playing the fool who invites removal with madcap assaults on reality, like what genius and stability mean, all the while exposing his own addled, unreconstructed turmoil.
As Democrats urged to dump all documents, Booker releases 50 more pages showing Kavanaugh...
"If Democrats don't put up the strongest possible resistance, using every weapon they have, an electoral darkness may descend on them as well, since they will be complicit in the damage to come."
Big Pharma Preps to Spend Hundreds of Millions to Keep Drug Prices High
"PhRMA's decision to hike membership dues 50 percent will increase the trade group's considerable coffers to more than $300 million per year," Politico reports
It’s getting worse: The IRS now audits poor Americans at about the same rate...
As the agency’s ability to audit the rich crumbles, its scrutiny of the poor has held steady in recent years. Meanwhile, a new study shows that audits of poor taxpayers make them far less likely to claim credits they might be entitled to.
Climate crisis gets 10 minutes at VP debate
The first question about the climate crisis came about 40 minutes into the debate when moderator Susan Page turned to Pence and brought up the record number of hurricanes and wildfires in 2020.
Stop Trump movement
Time to reach out to each other. Hello?
Garland Nixon interview: An objective look at US foreign policy
We focus here on the realities of the international power struggle unfolding in real time, specifically addressing the role of the U.S. in the tensions and its capacity to reduce them.