Bowman was defeated by a toxic blend of Zionism and militarism
In the United States, dominant mentalities run along parallel ruts of Zionism and militarism that are mutually reinforcing and increasingly intersecting.
Thank You, Edward Snowden: An End to General Warrants as So-Called Patriot Act Expires
We've taken a few baby steps back toward democracy after the expiration of the misnamed “PATRIOT Act” gives restoration to Americans’ privacy. But if it wasn't for the revelations of Edward Snowden, we would have never known.
What can the United States bring to the peace table for Ukraine?
The United States bears its share of responsibility for this crisis that is destroying Ukraine and placing the world in "unprecedented danger," as the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' new Doomsday Clock statement calls it.
Who’s a bigger threat to democracy—immigrants, or billionaires?
Don’t be distracted by the anti-immigrant rhetoric this election. The real impact on democracy comes from moneyed elites.
Let House scrutiny re-brand Trump: Worst of the worst of crony capitalism
If Trump is not made stand-in for heartless Robber Barons, progressives will have squandered our greatest opportunity to name this era: Trump’s Age of Corruption.
The eclipse of progressivism and the transatlantic return to the center
For the time being, the left and the movements powering it must organize online, support the struggles of low wage workers suddenly deemed ‘essential’ after being dismissed as unimportant for so many years and prepare for the struggles ahead.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 70 Years After the Atomic Bombs Were Dropped
While devastation and suffering came from those two awful bomb blasts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a nuclear abolition movement was born that still wages a peaceful campaign to eliminate these weapons.
Legalized Murder and the Politics of Terror
The police kill citizens with impunity, and that is exactly how the system is designed to work. The numerous little police states that exist in poor urban areas across the U.S. are models for a system that would enslave all of us.
Our Long National Debate Nightmare is Over
Until the public demands better, the puppet show will go on.
Trump’s seven techniques to control the media
Historically, these seven techniques have been used by demagogues to erode the freedom and independence of the press.