Monday, June 15, 2026

The retired General who stopped a Wall Street coup

General Smedley Butler blew the whistle on a millionaire-led effort to oust FDR and the New Deal.

Disaster gentrification in Puerto Rico

Paradise for a wealthy few, the continuation of a long colonial nightmare for the long neglected majority of Puerto Ricans.

The Catonsville nine, 50 years later

"What are your future plans?" "Resistance!"

Ben Carson: Fighting Trump’s war on the poor

Somehow a trillion-dollar tax giveaway is no issue for the deficit, but modest housing assistance for America's poorest people has to go.

Primary day: Lessons for Democrats

If Democrats are willing to propose bold electoral reform, there may be some hope for them in November.

Pool resources. Sue Trump – sting him with his own medicine

Donald sues at the drop of a faux hair follicle, so why not together orchestrate a litany of legal actions, crowd-funded by irate Americans who’ve had more than enough?

The hard truth about Trump and change

We need to tackle these problems head-on.

Earth Day: Conflict over the future of the planet

The environmental crisis and the mishandling of climate change are issues that are going to make the 2020s a decade of transformational change.
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Can Trump fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller?

If Rosenstein refused, Trump could fire Rosenstein, and direct the next official in line to fire Mueller.