Trump harvests autocratic powers
Planted by Bush and Cheney.
Why is the radical right still winning?
What that Protestant Reformation can teach us about the durability of far-right movements – and the order they seek to replace.
Three good reasons to liquidate our empire
The United States is not seriously contemplating its own bankruptcy. It is instead ignoring the meaning of its precipitate economic decline and flirting with insolvency.
It’s a $cam!
The evidence is in: the U.S. military is incapable of responsibly spending your tax dollars.
The surprising pervasiveness of American arrogance
We Americans are all beneficiaries of exceptionalism, even those of us who decry its corrosive impact.
April Fools
It appears that everything is upside down.
Mock candidate, then so-called president, now real cult leader of the chaos clan
What makes Trump dangerous is how well he leveraged his celebrity cult of personality into a potent political cult of personality. That’s why he reduces all of politics to person-to-person relationships with leaders, as with Putin.
Introducing Glencore, Rapacious Global Lord
Let's meet one of the most powerful of these lords of rapacious global capitalism — Glencore.
Texas voter ID law led to fears and failures in 2016 election
Efforts to implement the nation’s strictest voter ID requirements – a solution in search of a problem, according to one critic – foundered amid court defeats, confusion and at least one giant oversight.
The consent of the governed
We have entered a new era, a presidency of protest and an increasingly illegitimate government. We have the power to withdraw our consent from hate and exploitation and build love and prosperity.