Tuesday, April 23, 2024

What Does Bernie Want?

No one likes a sore loser. But one of the hardest challenges in politics is to be a generous winner.

Why Set Up a Shell Company in Panama? The Psychology Driving Illicit Financial Flows

“Whatever else they do, the Panama Papers give us insight into the extent of the psychological damage suffered by wealthy elites and those who serve them.”

Senate Democrats Considering Replacing DNC Chair

Democrats discuss whether to #DumpDebbie from her position as chairperson of the Democratic National Committee.
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Into the World of Work

What do you need to know – about the new world of work, but also about yourself.

Hillary Clinton’s Energy Initiative Pressed Countries to Embrace Fracking, New Emails Reveal

Emails show an aggressive effort to engage private energy companies and use Poland as part of a larger campaign to sell fracking throughout the region.

The New Agenda For Taking On Wall Street

All of these ideas have been proffered by progressive financial reformers even as the Dodd-Frank financial reform law squeaked through Congress in 2010.

72-Year-Old Fringe Left Candidate Wins Presidency in Austrian Run-Off Election — Is There a...

Austrians just elected a crusty 72-year-old leftist as their country's president in a surprise result that saw both their major mainstream party's candidates crushed. Could a crusty 74-year-old leftist named Bernie Sanders pull off the same feat here in the US, running as a Green candidate if Hillary Clinton gets the Democratic nomination?

The Battle for the Soul of American Higher Education

Student Protest, the Black Lives Matter Movement, and the Rise of the Corporate University

Nader: Still Fighting From the Grassroots Up

Longtime activist hosts a four-day conference, hoping to promote activism and substance in the conversation about issues and democracy.

Reform or Revolution

Rosa Luxemburg warned the left about becoming seduced by liberals who speak the language of reform but serve the interests of capitalism. And she understood that holding fast to revolutionary ideals was, especially in a moment of crisis, a moral imperative.