Evidence That Poor People Aren’t Lazy
Many white conservatives may believe that poor people are just taking handouts, but for many privileged Americans, denial is easier than facing the fact that the hardest workers are those who have to fight their way up from the bottom.
After mega-lies by Trump adviser Stephen Miller, it’s time to rev up the reality-based...
We have seen these unimaginative scenarios so many times.
We need a mass movement to save and expand Social Security and Medicare
Old, young, men and women of all races fighting together.
Why Israel’s Security Experts Support the Iran Deal—and Iran’s Hardliners Don’t
Why is right-wing media asserting that hardline Islamists in the Islamic Republic are delighted with the Iran nuclear deal, while Israelis are concerned over their country's security when the opposite is true?
Spreading wealth to maintain consumption
What will happen if robots, AI, and automation displace a huge percentage of workers. How will there be enough consumers to buy all the goods and services produced if there is a big drop in earnings?
Trump’s general just announced a new Cold War. Who will stop it?
Wanted: Real resistance
Why more environmental justice organizations must join the call for a militarism-free future
An open letter initiated by CODEPINK urges the world to take the arduous baby step of recognizing the deadly intersection of war and environmental destruction.
Making Science History
The Koch brothers are buying up museum boards to influence others of their junk climate theories. Isn’t it odd that infamous science-deniers are directing a science museum?
Give Trump the literal ‘jury of his peers’ he demands – that’s indisputable justice,...
The problem with a true Trump jury of his peers – if they’re just as greedy, nasty, and selfish -- is upsetting expectations, even stumbling over truth.
In North Carolina, pigs don’t fly, but their feces do
Something is rotten in North Carolina.