Politics

Billionaires are soaring, while poor kids are losing more.

Instead of the Democratic establishment worrying that Sanders is unelectable, maybe it should worry that a so-called “moderate” Democrat might be nominated instead.

Imitating Trump’s illusion of invulnerability does not protect one against self-destruction.

The commutation was part of Obama’s Tuesday announcement of 209 commutations and 64 pardons.

Officials vow court action while communities organize, citing billions for militarization and warnings of secrecy and civil rights violations.

U.S. leadership has stumbled from one military debacle to another, a trajectory mirroring the sad finales of other historical imperial powers.

How extraordinary that the glaring oppression of private property remains the invisible elephant in the room. Who doubts how many huge “private” fortunes accumulate by passing huge liabilities from “externalities” (pollution, waste, disease, ruinous landscapes) onto public shoulders? Hold manufacturing liabilities to impeccable business logic, not what lobbyist influence-peddling frees them to get away with. How long can the commons survive when our most affluent free-loaders are not only “too big to fail” but “too immune to pay their own way”?

"We must end the filibuster so the Senate can pass voting rights protections," declares the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

ALEC has remained conspicuously silent about the dangerous and racist statements and ties of its legislative leaders.

Our planet is an imperfect place,/ A mirror to the human race.