Republican Scott Walker Pitches a Possible Syria War to Make Us Like Him
Scott Walker, the GOP hopeful, is using the idea of a ground war in Syria as an attractive campaign promise. But what does he think Americans will gain from a Syria war launched by the leader of Wisconsin?
The tragedy of forced displacement
The solutions to this major crisis, and indeed many of our problems, would naturally flow from the recognition of the fact that we are brothers and sisters of one humanity.
America will regret helping Saudi Arabia bomb Yemen
Selling weapons to Saudi Arabia has consequences. The intense anti-U.S. sentiment in Yemen should be a wake-up call for Americans.
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.
What happened to all those foreclosed houses?
Wall Street bought them – and is now leasing them out and driving up rents.
The US war in Iraq: 15 years and counting … the dead and displaced
Fifteen years after the calamitous invasion of Iraq, those who precipitated the war still walk free.
How corporate welfare hurts you
You often hear Trump and Republicans in Congress railing against so-called “welfare programs” – by which they mean programs that provide health...
Pete Buttigieg is a sharp corporate tool
The mayor continues to falsely characterize Medicare for All -- no matter how much confusion and disinformation he creates along the way.
Defame Fauci, defund WHO, fake your kingdom: Rage on, dumpster Trump
When the foundational duplicity of the Hustler-in-chief begins to crack, there will be no second act.
The troubling rise of vaccine nationalism
“No one should be blocked from getting a life-saving vaccine because of the country they live in or the amount of money in their pocket."