The Best and Worst Presidents on Taxes
From Reagan to Roosevelt, tax fairness continues to fluctuate along with our elected leaders.
The $1 Billion Election No One Is Noticing
While most media attention is on the presidential circus, candidates for statewide and local offices have raked in massive amounts of campaign donations.
The Republicans’ Civil War – And Everyone Else’s
The Republicans are fighting a civil war. But so are we all.
We Interrupt This Trump Soap Opera for a Discussion of 2016 Issues That Matter
A historian of American political history and culture reflects on what broke the campaign.
Germany Wants to Ban Fossil-Fuel-Powered Cars
The nation’s parliament is calling for the elimination of the internal combustion engine by 2030.
Judge Allows Criminal Case Against Chris Christie to Move Forward
He’s not a wanted man yet, but a judge found probable cause.
Trump the Arsonist
Whatever happens in November, the forecast is for more stormy weather ahead.
Committee to Protect Journalists Denounces Potential Trump Presidency
According to the CPJ, a Trump presidency represents a looming threat to press freedom unknown in modern history.
Trump, Clinton, Obama and the TPP
The strong American popular opposition to the TPP, the Brexit vote and other recent developments in the West suggest growing rejection of the myth that national public and corporate elite interests are identical.