Tuesday, October 13, 2026

What if Kim Davis Refused to License Marriages of Interracial Couples? (Video)

Mike Huckabee, who might just be seeking a way to kickstart his failed presidential bid, was in full support of Kim Davis' stance against gay marriage. But would he still defend her if she had denied licenses to inter-racial couples?

Why the Washington Post’s Attack on Bernie Sanders is Bunk

Washington Post’s David Fahrenthold says as President Sanders couldn’t get any of his ideas implemented anyway because Congress would reject them. But if Bernie Sanders is elected president, American politics will have been altered, reducing the moneyed interests’ chokehold over the public agenda.

Democrats need more democracy, not less

The Democratic Party’s problem isn’t that it’s too democratic. It’s that it’s not democratic enough, yet.

Only the poor starve: Hunger in the time of COVID

The World Food Program (WFP) warns that, “millions of civilians living in conflict-scarred nations, including many women and children, face being pushed to the brink of starvation, with the spectra of famine a very real and dangerous possibility.”

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.

What will we remember of 2022?

Let me start 2022 by heading back — way, way back — for a moment. It’s easy to forget...

Buddy, Can You Spare a Dime for a CEO?

Corporate honchos say taxes are “forcing” them to relocate their businesses to offshore tax havens.

Apologist for Tucker Carlson’s racism: Glenn Greenwald

These vehement defenses of the most influential media purveyor of the racist “replacement” theory are destructive efforts to launder hate by a once-admirable journalist.

Exasperated by Netanyahu, France Prepares to Recognize Palestinian State

The French parliament urged recognition of Palestine in a vote in 2014. Sweden has recognized Palestine and a number of other European countries have raised the Palestinian mission in their capitals to the rank of full embassy.

Been There, Done That

In movie terms, you could think of Washington’s war policies in the post-9/11 era as pure “play it again, Sam.”