Trump’s policy catastrophe
Trump is neglecting or worsening five genuinely big problems facing America. Why is he doing these things?
LBJ launches Medicare: ‘You can’t treat grandma this way’
Yes, our health system is broken, but broken systems can be fixed – not easily, but they can be fixed.
Wall Street’s Threat to the American Middle Class
It's nice that presidential aspirants are talking about rebuilding America’s middle class. But in order to do so, they have to take direct aim at Wall Street, the ones that finance their campaigns.
Why don’t we have free trade for highly paid professions in the U.S.?
The potential benefits for the economy would be enormous.
Corporate Clintonism triggered Trumpery, still corrodes democratic leverage
Have entrenched Democratic leadership truly understood they don’t need grasping, billionaire PAC money – or that Clintonesque stench still pollutes the party brand?
Are we free to do what we want with our bodies?
Summing up, women and men should be free to do what they want with their bodies within reasonable limits.
Child soldier wins $8.1 million after being held by US illegally in Guantanamo for...
Canada apologizes for not aiding its captive citizen.
Walling them out, or walling us in?
Shall we wall off Canada, too?
Can careening House misfits double down what made Trump unelectable—and dodge electoral suicide?
How do two failed House years, after the wildly absurd kick-off, not wreck the right, not the left?
Trump can’t blockade love: Why I’m going to Cuba
And there are millions around the world who love the Cuban people—a people who have fought capitalism, imperialism, Apartheid, and Zionism. A people who are always the first to offer aid and solidarity.