Wednesday, July 22, 2026

When economic growth indicates failure

For the well-being of most everyone – including the rich – equality is more important than growth.

How Joe Biden can help workers without Congress

Taken together, these three executive orders will improve the lives of millions of Americans. 

Trump the terminator?

Could his second presidency signal the end of American global power?

$45 billion: The cost of the war in Afghanistan in 2018

2018 will mark the 17th year of the Afghanistan war.

Trump media quietly enters deal with a Republican donor who could benefit from a...

Does the deal with energy magnate James E. Davison present conflicts of interest?
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Where your tax dollars really go

Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress claim that America spends too much on things like food stamps, welfare, and foreign aid. 

The rightful owners of a key island military base for the US would like...

The Chagos Archipelago belongs to the country of Mauritius; it’s not a bargaining chip for the American empire.

What’s the point of satire anymore?

How can anyone satirize a presidency that gleefully flaunts its own awfulness every day?

What difference does a war make?

The geopolitics of the new Cold War.