Sunday, October 11, 2026

Coke’s PR Scam Explodes

The jig is up for the sugar-water purveyor’s bogus obesity study group.

Are Trade Deals Good for America?

If the winners refuse to budge, America could turn its back on free trade – and much else. Indeed, there’s no telling where the anger we’ve seen this primary might lead.

Four Americans Who Should Be Crying Out For Socialism

For consumers, and for children, minorities, the sick and disabled, and all victims of severe inequality, a continuation of Reagan/Clinton capitalism will lead to little improvement.

Learning from history, if we dare

To leverage and learn from humanity’s history regarding what fostered sustainability in the past, we need to know the outcomes.

Iran Debate: Clinton Steps Up to Oppose The Demagogues

Iran was the subject of one of the most troubling moments in Hillary's 2008 campaign, when she promised to "totally obliterate" that country if the mullahs ever attacked Israel with a nuclear weapon. Has she changed at all?

Hair-Raising Hypocrisy

The long saga of Isis Brantley, a hair stylist from Texas, who was arrested for braiding hair without a barber’s license, has come to an end nearly 20 years later. A court has ruled that the state’s actions were unconstitutional—and shameful, abusive and silly.

ISDS a Corporate Cluster Bomb to Obliterate Our People’s Sovereignty

The Trans-Pacific Partnership would empower global corporations to "circumvent and even overturn our local, state and national laws"—a desecration of our nation's democratic ideals. It's time we rebel against the aristocracy of corporate elites.

The Labour Party has regained its principles and offers hope to millions

In this upcoming UK election the differences between the Conservatives and Labour are defined and stark; its importance cannot be overstated.

White supremacy and Trump’s statues of limitations

The growing movement for racial justice is making demands and taking action.

What’s the point of satire anymore?

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