Best nations really are the brightest. Solution: Close the reason gap
America's pushing dumb and dumber, while dumbing down the next generation.
North Korea: The costs of war, calculated
Even a limited war with North Korea would kill millions, devastate the environment, and bankrupt the U.S. Preventing it should be the peace movement's highest priority.
Can Trump fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller?
If Rosenstein refused, Trump could fire Rosenstein, and direct the next official in line to fire Mueller.
Britain’s homeless crisis
This ideologically rooted approach to life is at the heart of many if not all of our problems.
Mick Mulvaney gives mix of Groundhog Day and flat out lies on MAGAnomics
Mulvaney has given us absolutely zero reason that Trump’s policies will lead to anything other than larger deficits, fewer people with health care, more dangerous workplaces, and a dirtier environment.
The triumphant politics of surfaces, blockading real knowledge, feeding victimhood, outlawry and corruption
The Trump mania for gold-veneer, pompous arches or mammoth ballrooms speaks to his surface obsession, with crass showiness allergic to democratic values, nailed with this brilliant take-down “Trump’s Dictator Chic.”
Koch Kollege for right-wing social engineers
The billionaire Koch brothers are funding a school to promote their views, but the message is hard to swallow.
Defending Ukraine’s draft dodgers
How can we call Ukraine a part of the 'free world'?
The Lonely American
In today's technological day and age it's impossible to build relationships and structures that are vital for civic engagement and resistance to corporate power. Yet, have we been transformed into commodities?
Garland Nixon interview: An objective look at US foreign policy
We focus here on the realities of the international power struggle unfolding in real time, specifically addressing the role of the U.S. in the tensions and its capacity to reduce them.