It’s the base, stupid! – the know-nothing swamp drives toxic politics
We can’t have a know-nothing president without an ongoing know-nothing base. The "other swamp" is a multitude willing to forego life-improving deliverables for endless, smoke and mirror wedge distractions.
The Women’s Marches and the politics of care: The best response to Trump’s inaugural...
Persistence is the best resistance.
The life of the party: 7 truths for democrats
If the Democratic Party creates a large enough void, a third party won’t draw away votes. It will pull people into politics.
Trump’s Supreme Court pageant: a silly show to fill a stolen seat
Republicans stole the seat from the president who was elected to fill it – and, more importantly, from the voters who elected him.
Israel’s liberal supporters are taking their denial to a new level
“Netanyahu is subverting Israel’s democracy” while advancing “a plan to completely strip the independence of Israel’s Supreme Court.”
Trump is taking on Wall Street, literally
The next administration will have plenty of billionaires – and no working class populists.
Oregon Locals Take On Corporate Power With ‘Tax Corporations’ Measure 97
Learn from Oregon’s amazing activists and organizers and organizations like the coalition behind Measure 97.
Stunning truths about the bloated safety net for the wealthy
It's not a game for the 200 million struggling Americans who depend on tax revenue for education and housing and health care.
Why shouldn’t accusations be admissible evidence?
By themselves, such accusations should not be conclusive evidence, but they should cast doubt on the perpetrator’s denial of bad acts in the present case.
Top Five Things Congress Should Investigate Instead of Benghazi (Video)
There are real problems with U.S. policies and actual places where wrongdoings have occurred. Juan Cole suggests five investigations Congress should focus on rather than Benghazi.