No more holiday gifts for repressive regimes
The U.S. is selling weapons to a country that's killing a child every 10 minutes. That has to stop.
Why ‘pro-Israel, pro-peace’ advocates cling to genocide denial
But very few members of Congress dare to acknowledge that reality, while their silence and denials scream out complicity.
Mulvaney’s in, bankers win, and Trump shafts Americans again
Donald Trump was hostile to the CFPB from the start, and he said this as he shoehorned Mulvaney into the director’s chair.
Trump and the geopolitics of crazy
The times they are a-changin’ in North Korea.
Why We’re All Becoming Independent Contractors
The most significant legal trend in the American workforce is “independent contractors,” which lessens companies' costs of having full-time employees. But is the trend contributing directly to low pay, irregular hours and job insecurity?
Corporations are suppressing wages—there’s an easy fix for that
Don’t believe the optimistic hype about wages “naturally” rising. About one-third of American workers are shockingly underpaid as a result of the federal government’s continued refusal to raise the minimum wage.
Community schools can revitalize the neighborhoods around them
The transformative approach to school improvement is a catalyst for community revival.
It’s 1984 in Trumplandia
Thanks to our bellicose commander in chief, Orwell's 70-year-old classic is a bestseller again.
Ending regime change—in Bolivia and the world
The triumph of democracy in Bolivia and the failure of the U.S.'s "regime change" efforts around the world.
What’s worse than a devouring, criminal president? A deified, raging outlaw excited by violence
Trumpism is not a slippery slope but a mountain avalanche on steroids.