Thursday, July 16, 2026

The invisible candidate and the progressive lion

As Americans on the progressive left might have expected, the one politician who is responding with the seriousness and the kind of reassuring competence that his fellow citizens need in such a difficult time, is Bernie Sanders.

It’s a scary time

The number of famous men accused of such assaults recently is astounding. Harvey Weinstein, Bill Cosby, Donald Trump, Joe Biden.

The chicken or the egg?

What the Covid-19 pandemic says about the US...

Will Trump’s mania to slice and dice the right help or hurt the progressive...

Whatever the Georgia results, progressives still need more non-stop, grassroots consciousness-raising and many more elected lawmakers everywhere.

Why Trump?

The Democratic Party has not been taking seriously many of the reasons for Trump’s support and the range of that support. And the media has not been discussing many of the reasons for Trump’s support. That needs to change.

How Indigenous land management practices are a blueprint for climate-resilient agriculture

As a rapidly warming world strains at the shortcomings in industrial farming, key lessons can be taken from Indigenous practices.

The 15 warnings signs of impending tyranny

Consider yourself warned.

The war on Iran—and Washington’s missing exit strategy

That means inflicting real costs: U.S. casualties, political backlash at home, strained relations with allies, global economic disruption and a further erosion of Washington’s standing in the world.

The GOP tax plan is a declaration of war on learning

The transformation the Republicans want would make the nation collectively dumber and much more dependent on profit-making businesses.

Trump’s shareholder bonanza

Make no mistake: Trump and the Republicans are working on behalf of America’s biggest and richest investors, not American workers.