Laboratories of Democracy
Perhaps it's time to for the Democrats' strategic geniuses and the rest of us to pay a bit more attention to state rep/senate races.
Noam Chomsky On His Gradual Expulsion from Mainstream Media
The last time Chomsky was in The New York Times was over a decade ago.
As Hillary Stalls, Where’s the Democratic Bench?
Polling indicates a nasty downward slide spotlighting all things people distrust about Hillary Clinton. So where's the Democratic relief pitcher after the starter bombs and where might this put progressives?
Ranking Colleges
Public universities are the major vehicles of upward mobility in America—educating 73 percent of all college students. But do these public universities provide a higher-quality education than the private elites?
A Haven from the Animal Holocaust
Farm Sanctuary in Watkins Glen is an animal sanctuary for rescuing farm animals. Because the abuse of animals at the hands of factory farm operators is unfathomable and “we are saying they are as important as any other individual.”
The Share-the-Scraps Economy
We are barreling toward a “share” economy where robots do everything predictably programmable in advance and human beings do all of the unpredictable tasks. This is the troubling reality of the new digitized economy.
Yes, Obama’s $400,000 speech is a problem
What’s to be done? Run candidates who have no interest in flattering the ultra-wealthy or becoming wealthy themselves.
Good news on Social Security and Medicare? Reports show just that
This is a good point to keep in mind as the Republicans try to dismantle Obamacare.
Valhalla awaits! After white terrorism at Oslo mosque, what if Trump spoke about supremacists...
Why don’t moderate white people denounce the extremists among them?
Why a DNC vice chair bawled me out – and why Joe Biden must...
Biden’s mediocre speech at the New Hampshire convention on September 7 is already a historic record of a dismal candidate for president whose nomination promises to be a disaster.