Higher Education: Capitalism at Its Most Despicable
Public colleges have long been expected to benefit from academic research. But that all changed in 1980 with the Bayh-Dole Act. Now universities are more deeply entrenched in the capitalist world—a true degradation of higher education.
A marriage made in hell: Trump, Bannon and “the Muslim ban”
Trump and his inner circle seem intent on using the cudgel of the executive to diminish the clout of the judiciary and the Congress.
Dear Trump voter
This is not the change you were promised.
Personal interview: Coleen Rowley What are the Prospects for Peace?
In this fifth installment of the '"What are the Prospects for Peace?" interview series, Coleen Cowley talks about the realities of the international power struggle unfolding in real time.
President blowback
How the invasion of Iraq came home.
Does stirring Biden rhetoric impede the new, improved, fascist mania—or reform unjust systems?
Until Democrats wake up that their future and the country’s both depend on urgently slamming shut anti-democratic doors and empowering true majority rule, fine rhetoric falls flat.
Saving our planet is our responsibility
If, and it’s a large ominous if, humanity is to reverse the damage, education and widespread environmental/social responsibility are essential.
What happened to the party of limited government?
The Republican Party now poses a clear and present threat even to the values it once espoused.
How to fix our food system
No food should be worth the amount of suffering experienced by sentient animals trapped in our food system.
The Federal Agency designed to protect workers is trying to destroy unions and weaken...
The Trump administration continually seeks new ways to rig the system against working people.