Clinton Commits: No TPP, Fundamentally Rethink Trade Policies
Clinton’s statement helps. Asking members of Congress to vote against TPP would help more.
The Collapse of the Middle-Class Job
How to pay for a solution? A financial speculation tax on the rich and, for the poor, a tradeoff of safety net benefits for the security of a guaranteed income.
Trump Confronted With Reality That His New Economic Idea Would Destroy The Global Economy
Trump's wild-eyed ideas about the national debt seem to be based on a gut feeling rather than reality.
American Power Under Challenge
Yet another triumph of “humanitarian intervention,” and, as the long and often ghastly record reveals, not an unusual one, going back to its modern origins four centuries ago.
Amerika: The Mad Magazine of 2016
“So, this new issue of Amerika: Mad Magazine of 2016 will be difficult to purchase in your mainstream outlets. Sorry folks. You need to really study history and 'truth to power' to enjoy it... once you can find it out there!”
First Democratic Convention Abolishes Superdelegates
The Maine Democratic Party just eliminated the superdelegate.
Only Sanders Defeats Trump the Old Fashioned Way: With Truth-telling, Character & Competence
The best retort to an unqualified, unstable narcissist is dramatic contrast with a principled, grounded, selfless career professional like Sanders. Broadcast Trump's vanity worldview, glorifying his almighty cash nexus, against Sanders' steadfast life of public service -- in which honor and persistence reinforce moral intentions, fleshing in Bernie's idealistic pledges. The effective way to trump Trump is present a stable, moral choice opposite in every way to his surfeit of moneyed self-indulgence, life-long manias for fame, and incendiary fabrications.
Sadiq Khan Overcomes Nasty Attacks From Conservatives, Becomes London’s First Muslim Mayor
The Labour Party’s Sadiq Khan has just become London’s first Muslim mayor.
Tell Republicans In Congress: Don’t Cut Free Lunches For Poor Children
“Students should have more access to federally subsidized breakfast and summertime meals without sacrificing midday meals.”
Bernie Sanders Warns DNC Not to ‘Stack the Deck’ Against Him
In order to actually exercise democracy at this summer’s Democratic National Convention, Sanders has called on Schultz to stop stacking the deck in Clinton’s favor.