Saturday, August 29, 2026

Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are pushing a bold new plan to tackle climate...

For the first time in recent memory, there is a growing clarion call for a response that goes beyond the limits imposed by our economic system.

Dear Heather Cox Richardson

“In America, the twenty years since 2000 have seen the end game of the Reagan Revolution, begun in 1980.”

Koch brothers’ operatives fill top White House positions, ethics forms reveal

The Koch brothers have much to celebrate with Trump in the White House.

We’re staring into the face of America’s worst political crisis since the civil war

Trump doesn’t give a damn about COVID-19. Or about the death rate. Or the millions of people who have lost their jobs or homes or health insurance.

Don’t Cry for Me, America

Should Trump or a Trump mini-me ultimately succeed in capturing the presidency, a possibility that can no longer be dismissed out of hand, the effects will be even more profound. In all but name, the United States will cease to be a constitutional republic.

The Pragmatic Impacts of Sanders’ Big Dreams

Even with Tuesday’s campaign setbacks, Bernie Sanders’ pledge to make the country more equitable and sustainable is more realistic than some people are letting on.

Uncle Sam wants… your social security check

A Texas Republican, who's ready to retire with a nice pension, wants to cut Social Security benefits for everyone else by up to 69 percent.

Trumping the chump? Exposing Trump as the greatest fraud on Earth

Robert Becker’s comparison of Donald Trump to P.T. Barnum is one I have made myself in far less detail and with far...

The age of anger

As we sleepwalk into the future, the steady deterioration of the ecosystem will ultimately lead to total systems collapse.