Of Caesar, guns and trolls: The evil that men do
The GOP and right wing will use any diversion to distract us from an agenda of cruelty and madness.
Confronting NATO’s war summit in Washington
Can NATO ever be the force for peace that it claims and conclude that its refusal to learn from the deadly results of its own actions only makes it increasingly dangerous?
This climate strike is part of the disruption we need
Business, as usual, is what’s doing us in.
We live on a planet that finds itself rather suddenly in...
Six reasons why American corporations shouldn’t get a tax cut
A corporate tax cut is the wrong solution to the wrong problem.
Investigate the hackers – and ignore Trump’s chaff
Whatever his motives, it is hard to imagine a worse impediment to the nation's security than a commander in chief who ignores and politicizes intelligence.
Why the right really hates the Postal Service
It’s not about USPS’s efficiency or viability. It’s about equity and collective good, values that are anathema to predatory capitalism.
For-Profit Colleges Are Scandal Machines
This corrupt higher education "industry" ought to be put out of business.
Are you ready for corporate America’s robot economy?
Robots are not our enemy – the corporate bosses, bankers and BSers who own robots are the ones doing this to us.
Solidarity over sanctions
By not responding to the global health crisis in a humane way, the American foreign policy establishment and many of its allies are eroding the country’s soft power and risk having much less influence over world affairs when it passes.
Is there a crack in Western support for genocide?
The shift in political rhetoric among Israel's traditional Western allies continues as it ratchets up its campaign to make life in Gaza so impossible for Palestinians that they will submit to ethnic cleansing.