Betsy DeVos’s attack on public education is just beginning
Devos continues to ignore key issues like racial integration of schools or rectify the harms of segregation.
The Saudi purge shaking the Middle East
The seeming power grab consolidates all the major security forces and the military in the hands of the current King Salman and his son, the 32 year old Crown Prince, Mohammad bin Salman.
The politics of the coronavirus
For the far right, the pandemic is a chance to enact border controls and erode the rule of law. It could also expose their utter incompetence.
The trade deal crusaders: Can they never learn?
The TPP and other next generation trade deals are also about putting in place stronger and longer patent and copyright protections.
Trump is about to be blindsided by this rapidly emerging “October Surprise”
Mr.Trump, think of this surprise as a massive political tsunami racing right at you and that there is no way that you can escape it.
Trump’s financial arsonists
The next financial crisis -- not if, but when.
Remembering Ball Four
So we can forget you-know-who...
Philadelphia DA vows to arrest federal officers if they assault protestors
“Anyone, including federal law enforcement, who unlawfully assaults and kidnaps people will face criminal charges from my office.”
Bernie Sanders: 2020 election is a fight against Trump, authoritarianism, greed, oligarchy & bigotry
“This election is the most important in the modern history of this country.”
Wall street sodbusters
Big-money speculators are buying up farms, charging tenants to farm it, and boxing young, real farmers out of the market.