‘Stonewall’ Sessions leads the charge of the Trump brigade
The attorney general's testimony before the Senate intelligence committee was more smoke and mirrors.
The ghost of Hubert Humphrey is stalking Kamala Harris
Hubert Humphrey faced the choice to keep supporting the war or speak out for a change in 1968. Kamala Harris faces it now.
An invulnerable financial fortress on the sand?
Qatar has our world’s attention, but nearby — and deeply unequal — Dubai might be charting our future.
50 years later, a speech by King has lessons for a president
Difficult work remains for those in whom Martin Luther King Jr. had the most hope: the people, organizing grass-roots power for peace.
Truth: The first casuality in trade debates
There is a lot of money at stake in getting Congress to approve the deal and they have no intention of letting the truth get in the way.
In resistance to Trump, “community” should be a verb
During the presidency of Popular-Vote Loser Trump we’ll need each other to make resistance personally sustainable, socially viable and political effective.
In a Massive Intelligence Error, the U.S. Kills 80 Syrian Troops, Helping Islamic State...
The problem with a mistake of this Himalayan proportions is that it will be extremely difficult in the aftermath to convince Syria that the US did not intentionally aid Daesh.
Underfunding labor & delivery: A national disgrace that discriminates against women’s & babies’ rights...
Is getting born any less of a right than the “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” set piece that buttresses our opening national gambit?
My ultimate history crash course
To understand the present, study the past.
Elizabeth Warren’s baggage
Is Elizabeth Warren a true progressive? Her history shows some inconsistencies.









