States Repped By Energy Science-Denying Republicans Leading Way on Wind Power
These Republicans have supported legislation that has helped finance wind investments, but have also adopted Republican dogma on climate science.
Trump’s economic war on Iran: 88% reduction in oil exports, 6% shrinkage of economy
In 2019, Iran’s economy under US sanctions will shrink an incredible 6%.
May Jobs Report: Ouch!
The report reinforces what already should have been clear. Voters will remain in a surly mood.
Capitol rioters planned for weeks in plain sight. The police weren’t ready.
Insurrectionists made no effort to hide their intentions, but law enforcement protecting Congress was caught flat-footed.
Whether it’s the new NAFTA or the old NAFTA, it serves the 1 percent
NAFTA displaced 2 million Mexican family farmers as U.S. agricultural products, sometimes subsidized, flowed tariff-free south of the border.
Can the new Congress keep intelligence agencies in check?
If we have broader concerns about power, accountability and the health of the republic, then we can ill-afford yet another Congress that fails in one of its most vital oversight responsibilities.
Pennsylvania’s Prison System is Torturing Mumia Abu-Jamal and his Family Too
Abu-Jamal’s current health crisis clearly illustrates this national atrocity. His situation is also clearly unconstitutional, as leaving an inmate untreated, including for a disease like diabetes, has been declared by the US Supreme Court to be "cruel and unusual punishment."
Disaster capitalism ‘hits new heights’ as Wall Street profiteers cash in on recovery loans
“Seems a lot easier and cheaper to make an emergency fund permanent rather than pay private lender fees.”
Chris Hedges and Wallace Shawn on politics, playwriting and power
The two discuss experiences working in other countries and how those experiences led them, as Hedges puts it, to “grapple with the reality of empire.”
How can South Korea help prevent U.S. attack on North Korea?
South Korea can take the lead in establishing better relations with North Korea.