Saturday, March 21, 2026

Republicans: Against government of, by, and for the people

Don’t these control freaks understand that when a country like America is in the midst of a crisis it’s the job of the government to step in and use all the resources it has to bring it under control?

America the usual

The longer we have to wait, the actual threats to national security can and will destroy this country.

How employers punish workers for forming unions

The Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act would better protect workers from illegal bullying and retaliation during the organizing process.

The emerging culture of compassion

"Take your brothers need as the measure for your actions."

Comeback for truth? Criminal comeuppance for Trump’s reign of terror, impoverished for lying?

A tsunami of criminal indictments, buoyed by massive civil penalties – who cares then if Trump ends up a jailbird?

Why the US manufacturing renaissance is essential for its survival

After decades of decline, the nation now seems “on the brink” of understanding that it’s let far too much manufacturing capacity slip away.

When public officials get rented out by corporate power, the people lose

Such deep betrayals of public trust should not be rewarded with plum executive branch jobs.

Hey, rightwing hypocrites, justify your ‘revolution’ scam plus anti-democratic ‘tyranny of the minority’

Bad losers don’t get to make themselves winners or the whole structure crumbles – and then might makes right.

Biden’s reckless Syria bombing is not the diplomacy he promised

This is not what he promised in his campaign and it is not what the American people voted for.

The disaster of Andrew Cuomo and New York’s pandemic response

If the failures of this pandemic have taught us anything, it’s that when we finally come out of it we need a new normal.