Friday, July 10, 2026

The Billionaire Oligarchs Don’t Give Out Bread Anymore, but They Gleefully Supply Circuses

Oligarchs keep the mind of the public off important crises while making money off of higher viewership of their diverting media.

Debt Collectors or Pick Pockets?

Predatory collection agencies are filing bogus lawsuits against hard-hit consumers. This is no minor scam — a third of all adults in the United States are under pursuit by debt collectors.

Why the Islamic State Is the Minor Leagues of Terror

Is it time to panic? Let's put terror threats into perspective for 2016.

The Suicide of the Liberal Church

The liberal denominations and their seminaries, by betraying the poor, especially people of color, in a desperate bid to stay financially solvent, are making themselves obsolete.

What if Trump peaks in March, then staggers when a myriad of wheels fall...

What if the loser who scorns “losers” turns out to be the greatest loser in U.S. history?

Will the Paris Agreement be Trumped?

Whether or not the world confronts climate change could boil down to how Americans vote.

Antonio Gramsci and the battle against fascism

History is made, Gramsci said, by human will. It is not predetermined.

The insult wars in Washington

How they blind us to our troubles.

Liar, ripoff, criminal or ‘king’ – presidential exile is mission impossible

Insurmountable obstacles to removal entomb our most discredited election, another knife in the heart of democracy.

Inhumane, criminal: What the US Congress is refusing to do for desperate Americans

While Americans are suffering, these politicians in the Senate don’t lack for anything. In this Congress more than half of its members are millionaires.