Friday, October 9, 2026

In or out of power, with no positive agenda in sight, today’s rightwing flunks...

Still undetermined: the degree to which this Cult Leader will sabotage his own hijacked party’s chances in the mid-term.

Can the Democratic Platform Change the Future of American Banking?

Can a few words in the Democratic Party platform really change the future of American banking? Not without a movement that’s determined to make that change happen.

New 2015 Wealth Data: US Inequality at Its Ugliest

According to the Credit Suisse Global Wealth Databook, the wealthy elite's continuing disdain for the poor, the middle class and people all around the world is disturbing. These wealth gap realities are victimizing the great majority of Americans.

Russia, NATO, and the future of neutrality

Neither the formerly non-aligned of Europe nor the currently non-aligned of the Global South are interested in furthering Vladimir Putin’s imperial ambitions.

Hegseth: The gathering, post-mortem: ‘No more dudes in dresses…No more beardos’

Trump and his minions do not deal with history or reality, only a mish-mash of self-serving fantasies.

No, we’re not all in this together. How the super-rich are cheating America.

There are at least three good reasons why wealthy Americans should be doing a LOT MORE to give something back to the nation that made them rich.

Why young workers are driving a wave of unionization

Increasing numbers of millennials and zoomers in the public sector, tech field, gig economy, nonprofit community, education and other sectors also view collective action as the path to a brighter future.
A large crowd of Lula supporters filling the esplanade in Brasilia

Brazil’s Election: Lula, Bolsonaro, and the Battle for the Future

Lula is 80 and seeking a fourth term against Flávio Bolsonaro, whose father is in prison for plotting a coup. The first round is October 4, and the result will set the direction for Latin America.

Investing social security trust funds

The beneficiaries should be able to decide either through a vote or a transparent representation system which companies they want to invest in.

How badly will today’s rip-roaring ‘transparency’ surge scar MAGA rampages, McCarthy, FOX and Trump?

If serial, truth-telling transparency doesn’t wreck Republicanism as a viable governing party, scaring electability, voters will only have themselves to blame.