Thursday, March 28, 2024

Defying the politics of fear

We owe it to those who come after us not to be complicit in this evil.

Trump’s three biggest enablers

Donald Trump has poisoned America, but he didn’t do it alone. He had help from the GOP, the media, and the Democratic Party.

How a disappearing and deluded middle class awaits the new president

Americans deluded by capitalist promises need to learn about progressive policies that would truly help them.

Dakota Access Pipeline CEO Kelcy Warren should face the music

Kelcy Warren is a Texas oil billionaire several times over, and might not be easily deterred by a threatened boycott.

Walling them out, or walling us in?

Shall we wall off Canada, too?

Solidarity with #NoDAPL strengthens all of us

One of the most important lessons from the Indigenous that we should embed into our decision-making is that we are not only making decisions for ourselves.

Tom Frank (and We) Describe How the Anti-Trump Was Destroyed

It is a mistake to brush off a primary with huge significance.

Disaster Payoffs: Best Lessons From the Worst Campaign

Look at all the marvels we learned this past year. Our revered democracy, battered by money and bludgeoned by bad faith, can still distinguish an utter phony, skilled mainly as con artist, from adult candidates capable of governance. All but Trump offer the minimum for any viable president: deflecting monumental disruption and chaos.

How Power Works

When the state decides to isolate, discredit and crush you it has innumerable ways to do so.

Screwing With and Screwing the Elderly and Disabled

The American people should be demanding annual benefit adjustments that reflect the real world confronted by the elderly and disabled and not simply the fantasies of political hacks in Congress.