Monday, October 12, 2026

When will the United States transcend white supremacy?

The only people who routinely get indignant at the question are other white people.

Referendum 2020: A Green New Deal vs. racist, classist climate genocide

This piece will offer why this stunning referendum would be so politically powerful and – despite that – so difficult to persuade Democrats to adopt.
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The 5-Step CEO pay scam

Average CEO pay at big corporations topped 14.5 million dollars in 2018. That’s after an increase of 5.2 million dollars per CEO over...

A new idea for Bernie: Universal no-fault insurance

A universal no-fault system could have a number of advantages.
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6 ways Trump has sold out America

Donald Trump claims to be a patriot at the same time as he sells out America.

Small steps against climate change

Let’s start thinking about ways such as this to stop necessary waste.

In the face of big environmental challenges, our everyday actions are part of the...

David Wallace-Wells’s new book on climate change offers a powerful warning, but misses the mark on the importance of small, individual efforts.
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VIDEO: Paul Ryan’s 7 Terrible Ideas

Despite the speech’s sweeping oratory and careful stagecraft, Ryan clings to seven dumb ideas that are also cropping up among Republican presidential candidates.

Why Trump?

The Democratic Party has not been taking seriously many of the reasons for Trump’s support and the range of that support. And the media has not been discussing many of the reasons for Trump’s support. That needs to change.

Trump falls hard when his fixated, unforgiving base turns tail

Trump’s a tedious, malign vampire,/ But MAGA fuels the fiery liar.