On the CFPB’s birthday, stand against sharks
The CFPB has provided an extraordinary amount of help to millions of Americans in just six years. Now it needs our help.
The beginning of the end of democracy as we know it?
Will history record that Republican senators were more united in their opposition to democracy than Democratic senators are in their support for it?
Takeaways from the election
Trump is in the White House, but the takeaway from voters in this election is a mandate for progressive economic populism and more diversity among public officials.
Of Rotten Apples and Rotten Systems
Shkreli may be a rotten apple, but hedge funds and the pharmaceutical industry are two rotten systems that are costing Americans a bundle.
DNC approach to Israel is political malpractice and moral failure
On no issue is that more apparent than the DNC’s insistence on treating Israel as above serious reproach.
Hillary Clinton lost the November election because she blew off Sanders activists and voters
The anger among Sanders backers by the time of the convention at the end of July was palpable.
Why we must raise taxes on corporations and the wealthy, not lower them
That’s what rational politicians would do if they weren’t in the pockets of big corporations and the wealthy.
Thousands in Baghdad Protest Lack of Electricity and Services, Demand End of Corruption (Video)
Thousands gathered in the sweltering heat in downtown Baghdad’s Liberation Square protesting against corruption and lack of electricity—a political crisis underlining the dangers of fossil fuels.
A Haven from the Animal Holocaust
Farm Sanctuary in Watkins Glen is an animal sanctuary for rescuing farm animals. Because the abuse of animals at the hands of factory farm operators is unfathomable and “we are saying they are as important as any other individual.”
The bottomless, MAGA Trump indecency swamp
But what reforms come without great pains?/The status quo sneers at balls and chains.