60 years after Lyndon Johnson’s ‘daisy ad,’ the silence on nuclear war is dangerous
Today, a campaign ad akin to the daisy spot is hard to imagine from the Democratic or Republican nominee to be commander in chief, who seem content to bypass the subject of nuclear-war dangers.
A cabinet for the deep-pocket ages
Only in America, new stats show, could packing an incoming administration with gazillionaires be so easy.
Crowdfunding Medicare for us all
I believe that anyone covered under Medicare for All should be permitted to obtain services anywhere in the world, so long as the services are similar to those provided in the United States and at a price that is no greater than that charged in the U.S.
New ‘dark money’ group devotes multi-million dollar budget to ads helping Democrats
A new “dark money” group funded by secret donors plans to spend almost all of its $10.4 million budget on ads helping...
Trump’s sugar swamp
Sugar producers’ political clout is nothing new, in the U.S. or other industrialized countries.
Trump’s nuclear dreams
Nightmares past and present.
GDP versus lasting growth
What matters to individuals everywhere is not GDP growth, what matters, is the creation of happy, harmonious societies.
Appointed special counsel: Will former FBI director bring down Trump?
The Justice Department has appointed former FBI director Robert Mueller as special counsel to investigate President Trump’s alleged ties with Russia, as Trump lashes out at the ongoing witch hunt.
Democrats propose $300 billion investment to treat housing as human right
"The crisis of housing instability is one that can be fixed by investing in housing infrastructure and supportive services for vulnerable communities."
Trumping Europe? Steve Bannon’s manufactured ‘movement’
The new reality is that progressives, here in North America as in Europe, must fight on two fronts simultaneously.








