How Congress loots the Treasury for the military-industrial-congressional complex
How the conjunction of dysfunctional military leadership, an ever-growing arms industry and a Congress that keeps handing them trillions of dollars, constitutes the full flowering of President Eisenhower's greatest fears for the future of the United States.
People’s Summit Seeks to Take ‘Political Revolution’ to the Next Level
“Something transformative could potentially happen in our political system, in which the fading of a presidential campaign gives birth to a political force that could have far more impact than a single presidency. this will be worth watching.”
House to debate amendment with big implications for expanding petrochemical industry
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is currently considering extending $1.9 billion in federal loan guarantees to the Appalachia Development Group.
Nationwide Class Action filed Against Democratic Party and Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Get inside details of the case against the DNC and Wasserman Schultz directly from the filing attorney.
Florida law throws voter rights restoration into chaos
The new law makes it impossible for returning citizens to know whether they are eligible to vote.
Destabilizing the Middle East (yet more)
The Saudi Regime is playing Donald Trump with potentially disastrous consequences.
“Carpe diem politics”: How to do more than just resist
Today’s social justice movements must seize opportunities, mobilize quickly, and, finally, embrace a carnival spirit.
This is how ancient Rome’s republic died – a classicist sees troubling parallels at...
Will the GOP-led Senate’s endorsement of this defense clear a path for more of the manifestations – and consequences – of authoritarianism?
Waiting for the barbarians
There will be rebels. They will live in the shadows. The state will have little tolerance of them. They will be our hope.
Koch brothers pledge to spend $400 million on midterm elections
The annual winter donor conference the Koch brothers recently held was the biggest they have ever had with 550 attendees.