Chris Hedges and Wallace Shawn on politics, playwriting and power
The two discuss experiences working in other countries and how those experiences led them, as Hedges puts it, to “grapple with the reality of empire.”
Staffing Up for Corruption
There was a new category of staffing added to Big Money in politics. Campaigns are now hiring “donor maintenance managers” as personal concierges to millionaire supporters—another example of plutocratic corruption of our democratic elections.
Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: A unifying Peoples Project
Ethiopians are faced with a choice: unite and prosper or withdraw into ethnic rivalries and fall into further conflict and discord.
Mr. Trump: do you now understand the ramifications of your anti-mask policies?
Based on three reversals in a short span of time, I’d say that he should be readmitted to Walter Reed for more intensive treatment. And here’s a big plus. I believe they have a world-class psychiatric ward.
How ridiculous is Trump’s border stand?
We have a president with a moral compass that points only to policies that serve his ego and political needs.
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.
Booker and the big pharma dems have no excuse. This vote proves it.
Democrats will have to move fast to undo the damage these senators have done.
The liberal arts are not disposable
A spinoff of a forthcoming book from Johns Hopkins Press about the value of the liberal arts.
Old McPontiff Had a Farm
Who knew—Pope Francis has a farm. And on his farm he is providing a living model of a sustainable food system to the public. Just one more reason he is living up to his reputation as the “People’s Pope.”
The crisis of governance
The only way out of this crisis of governance is for us – the vast majority of Americans who deserve and know better – to take charge.