A party of control-obsessed politicians take charge – dark times ahead for America
The good news is that there will be Congressional elections in 2018, then national elections in 2020.
Hedges: Heeding James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’
A century after its publication, the timeless novel warns us about the poisons of nationalism and idolatry and the commonality of our sojourns between birth and death.
A report card on the American Project
Thirty years later, perhaps it’s time to assess just how well the United States has fulfilled the expectations President Bush articulated in 1990.
Do bullies always win?
Trump's bullying worked with Canada, has half-worked with Iran and North Korea, but has had nothing but malign impact on Israeli-Palestinian relations.
With eye on DeVos, students take fight for free higher education to states
Students of higher education are joining together to stand up against U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and President Donald Trump.
Is This The Return Of U.S. ‘Gunboat Diplomacy’ Serving Corporations?
Has the “Swiss” firm Novartis becomes the 21st-century version of United Fruit and ITT?
Sessions DOJ says it’s OK to purge infrequent voters from Ohio rolls
The Obama administration was against the state's practice of purging inactive voters from the rolls, but this week, the Trump administration reversed course.
They’re talking a better game, but will the Democrats fight?
Although it may make some conflict-avoidant Democrats uncomfortable to admit it, they – and all of us – have a war to win.
Libya, Syria, Ukraine – one script, three stories
The fundamental ploy in Libya, Syria and Ukraine was the same: rile up the population and then stage a coup in the midst of chaos, while claiming to liberate the people.
How Citizens United got us Trump
Why the past 10 years were the anti-democracy decade.