Saturday, November 14, 2026

Trump’s Goldman Sachs vampire squid presidency

Headline after headline explains that Trump has hired “yet another” veteran of the firm.

Trump is hiring lobbyists and top ethics official says ‘there’s no transparency’

In one case, an official working on energy regulation recently lobbied for oil and coal companies – but the White House won’t say whether he received an ethics waiver.

How to turn neighborhoods into nubs of resilience

Three places showing how to make the transition from domination and resource extraction to regeneration and interdependence.

What our grandchildren will do when the jobs are gone

These are the jobs that should command respect, now and in the future.

Dangerous war in Korea brewing

Trump is the symptom of a much larger problem, a plutocratic government, which must be challenged by an independent movement.

EPA employee denounces Pruitt, Trump in fiery resignation letter

Other staffers are dissenting from within the agency.

Erie Pennsylvania’s schools are a canary in the coal mine of education

Schools in low-income communities in many states don’t have the resources to give students access to opportunities that are available in wealthier areas.

The Trump doctrine

The Trump Doctrine began to emerge when Trump issued his travel bans (both the first and second) on predominantly Muslim countries.

The “mother of all bombs” killed ISIS fighters – but poor Afghan farmers now...

One researcher reports that local farmers believed the bomb was nuclear and that they’d been exposed to radiation.

Trump’s attack on Syria; a wag the dog or a false flag operation?

If Trump had any credibility then perhaps his account of what happened might not even be questioned.