How Intellectual Property Rules Help the Rich and Hurt the Poor
While the future may actually be one of continually rising inequality, it is important to realize that technology is not the culprit.
Four years of Donald Trump could sink the planet
If Trump isn’t going to pare CO2 emissions significantly, then the US alone could cook the planet, even if China and others act more responsibly.
Biden’s convention speech made absurd claims about his Gaza policy
It was a journey into an alternative universe of political guile from a president who just six days earlier had approved sending $20 billion worth of more weapons to Israel.
Investigate the hackers – and ignore Trump’s chaff
Whatever his motives, it is hard to imagine a worse impediment to the nation's security than a commander in chief who ignores and politicizes intelligence.
Donald Trump, Jeff Sessions and the unleashing of police power
“This is what Attorney General Sessions will unleash ... if we are not vigilant and resistant.”
Déjà vu in Central Europe: Ukraine Between East and West
Putin’s strategy is to "reconstitute the Old Russian Empire" and what remains of Ukraine's territorial integrity is threatening the overall peace in Europe. It seems the crisis will not end until Putin is stopped. So who will stop him?
7 not-so-subtle messages Congress is sending with its tax plans
The two tax bills define what’s important to a society. Or more to the point, who’s not important.
Comeback for truth? Criminal comeuppance for Trump’s reign of terror, impoverished for lying?
A tsunami of criminal indictments, buoyed by massive civil penalties – who cares then if Trump ends up a jailbird?
The U.S. Supreme Court Makes Herstory
This significant legal victory was obtained not only in the chambers Supreme Court but through years of organizing at the grass-roots, in the media and in the halls of the Texas Legislature.
Biden vs. Trump: Whose economic plan is better for you?
A New York Times analysis found that since 1933, the U.S. economy has grown nearly twice as fast on average under Democrats.