Friday, March 29, 2024

Medea Benjamin: Pink-Slipping Hillary

A Hillary Clinton presidency would symbolically break the glass ceiling for women in the United States, but it would be unlikely to break through the military-industrial complex that has been keeping our nation in a perpetual state of war — killing people around the world, plenty of them women and children.

The Coddling of the Capitalist, White-Supremacist, Patriarchal American Mind

When does merely offensive speech becomes oppressive? When should one person’s freedom of expression, no matter how offensive, be defended and when does a pattern of abusive expression clearly undermine the ability of others to participate fully in a classroom discussion?

Top 5 Crazy Things Ben Carson Said About the Middle East and Islam

Ben, we bloggers will all miss you, as will all the standup comedians.

When the Poetry of Campaigning Becomes a Cheesy, Dirty Limerick

Political rhetoric in the GOP has degenerated into name-calling and petty insults.

The American Fascist

Viewing Donald Trump in light of the fascists of the first half of the twentieth century helps explain what Trump is doing and how he is succeeding.

Donald Trump’s Flip-Flops Prove He’s The Worst Kind Of Politician

Everyone running for president is a politician. Trump is the most odious breed.

The 2016 Presidential Elections and the Cost of Democracy

For the moral importance of democracy is not the language of money but the ‘Will of the People.’

As Coasts Flood, Why Isn’t the Corporate Press Asking Candidates About Climate Change?

It is also possible that corporate capitalism, which both runs the candidates and runs the so-called “news” companies, is about as good at dealing with a rapidly changing environment as the dodo was.

The Curse of Incumbency (And Death of Democracy?)

There's still a chance we can fix it, that it isn't too late. As voters, we have to wake up and do our part to awaken others to the crisis we're facing in this country.

You Don’t Matter to Drugmakers

Big pharma executives are going all out to paint themselves as the good guys — just not to you.