Hillary Clinton, Paul Ryan, and the Crisis of American Capitalism
In all respects, the American political economy has become radically imbalanced.
The sustainability scam: How self-interest ruins good ideas
We must ensure ecocentric standards to reverse environmental and social injustices.
The Many Ways Women Are Beaten Down in America
Despite all the successes of women, such as earning the right to economic equality, the white male establishment has prevailed. Are women still second-rate members of society today?
Four Score and Seven Years Ago… at Disney World
Have we been living in a futuristic science fiction novel through the most bizarre American century yet? Tom Engelhardt discusses the demobilization of the American people and the spectacle of the 2016 elections.
How Bashar al-Assad’s Regime Came Back in the Syrian Civil War in 2014
There is a maintained fiction that the U.S.' 2014 bombing raids against Daesh and al-Qaeda do not help the regime, but rather the moderate rebels. In actuality, they help the regime.
Trump and Machiavelli: Does morality matter?
"Consider what an unbelieving world will say if you continue to brush off Mr. Trump’s immoral words and behavior in the cause of political expediency."
Former Honduran police chief charged with trafficking drugs to US
“Juan Carlos Bonilla Valladares, the former chief of the Honduran National Police, allegedly abused his positions in Honduran law enforcement to flout the law and play a key role in a violent international drug trafficking conspiracy.”
Elon Musk: visionary or billionaire troll?
Elon Musk is exhibit A in building the case that billionaires should be abolished.
Political Poison
The Flint lead disaster exposed the callousness of people like Michigan’s governor, who blame the poor for all of their misfortune.
Deterrents to Terror that Very Rich People Can’t Comprehend
Polls show that Americans are more afraid of a terrorist attack than at any other time since 9/11, even though the rate of violent crime has been consistently dropping since 1993.