If hell had a budget: The GOP breaks the ten commandments
This budget seemed strikingly in sync with the hellish weather gripping Washington.
The New Slave Revolt
Prison strike leaders see through the political theater and illusions that the corporate elites employ to mask Americans’ surrender of freedom.
Six lessons the remorseless siege against procreative rights can teach the left
Secular democracy, as in majority rule, is just as threatened by religious fanaticism as it is by looming dictatorship.
U.S. chooses genocide over diplomacy in the Middle East
What Americans should be asking their government is this: Why are there still 2,500 U.S. troops in Iraq?
The Costs of War, the Price of Peace
A new report, "Body Count", asserts that up to 1.3 million people have been killed in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan in the first 10 years of the so-called war on terror. When will the cost of war be too much even for the people making money off of it?
Trump’s man with a plan … to suppress the vote nationwide
If Kris Kobach and his Republican allies get their hands on the data and succeed in suppressing the vote, then Trump may well be on his way to a landslide victory in 2020.
There won’t be another Jimmy Breslin, but we need more like him in the...
It's not that good journalists aren't out there, they just don't get published.
One year after Khashoggi’s brutal murder: Business as usual?
Heinous. Savage. Ghastly. It’s hard to find the words to describe the act of luring journalist Jamal Khashoggi into a Saudi consulate...
When A ‘Tax Bonanza’ Is Actually A Huge Corporate Tax Break
Make these tax-dodging corporations pay the taxes they owe. They don’t deserve a huge tax break, they deserve a huge fine. Simple as that.
What I Learned on My Red State Book Tour
While Robert Reich's intent was to put into practice what he teaches, "the best way to learn is to talk with people who disagree with you," here is what he actually learned from red America while on his book tour.