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.
Grenfell Tower: A disaster waiting to happen
Whilst they may not have lit the match, this disaster is the result of long-term socio-economic policies pursued by successive Governments that discriminate against the poor.
Clinton Must Go Bold – and Go Left – For VP
Hillary Clinton needs to show voters that she can make bold choices. She must embrace the populist moment and the electorate’s yearning for change if she is to fend off Trump’s insurgent challenge.
Will the Biden team be warmongers or peacemakers?
Did Biden learn anything?
The Fed’s inflation mistake continues
Most of the pain is borne by people who are already struggling to keep up with rising prices: lower-wage workers and the poor.
Thanks, MAGA, for exposing six corrosive myths that plague America—if we survive!
So kudos to today’s rightwing bellicosity for making clear the U.S. unilaterally wields deadly, rapacious power, whether sensible or stupid or gratuitous.
Hoodwinked in the hothouse
“Expensive, dirty and dangerous nuclear energy, a clear showpiece of the industry event, is a fairytale distraction from the real work of moving to clean energy. It’s no solution to the climate crisis we face.”
The writing’s on the wall: We can take back this country
The writing is on the wall. The people have spoken. This momentum is going to help us take back this country.
Saving Illinois: Getting more bang for the state’s bucks
Illinois is teetering on bankruptcy and other states are not far behind, largely due to unfunded pension liabilities; but there are solutions.
Donald Trump’s mission creep just took a giant leap forward
In just a few days, the new president has upended the rules of democracy with a clumsy, heavy-handedness worse than we imagined.