Why billionaires don’t really like capitalism
Capitalism doesn’t work well with monopolies, insider-trading, political payoffs, fraud, and large amounts of inherited wealth.
Merger mania in the military-industrial complex
Pentagon waste is a longstanding issue in desperate need of meaningful action.
Nicaragua to sign Paris agreement, leaving Trump alone with Syria
Ortega's move leaves Trump in a two-member club with Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, one of the world's most brutal dictators.
Do better than a rip-off health care system
Universal care would unite our society under the essential democratic principle that we Americans really are "all in this together."
The speech that Biden should give: ‘I’ve changed my mind’
Will an announcement that President Biden will not seek or accept the Democratic Party’s nomination for president in 2024 be made?
2 or 3 things I know about Capitalism (with apologies to Jean-Luc Godard)
We either struggle and strive, by and any and all means, to end the system -- or it will end us.
A nonviolent strategy to liberate Syria
The difference between success and failure in any struggle is the soundness of the strategy.
Fidel Castro: Cuban conundrum fought for freedom but entrenched state power
These are the riddles at the center of Fidel Castro, resolved conventionally by taking opposing sides: Fidel the savior, Castro the monster.
Then there were two: Sanders wins California with Latinx support as Biden sweeps southern...
The Democratic presidential primary has ended in a two-person race between former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders.
How to stop a tax plan rigged for the rich
Could a defeat of the GOP tax plans of 2017 signal a similar new egalitarian upsurge? Maybe. But first we have to deliver that defeat.