Things Like Ted Cruz’s Threat to Kill Iran’s Ayatollah Are Why Iranians Don’t Trust...
Decades of American dirty tricks and plots against the Iranian people might be the main reason why Iranians don’t trust the U.S. And Ted Cruz confirmed that on Friday at the Value Voters Summit conference.
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?
Shilling for the Biggest Trade Flim-Flam in History
The Progressive Coalition for American Jobs claims that the global deal “will support hundreds of thousands of new jobs in the U.S.” But Americans aren't stupid—we all know the TPP is another NAFTA corporatizing the people’s democratic rights.
Hawaii Goes Green and Other Big Renewables Stories
The Hawaii legislature just passed a goal to go 100 percent renewable energy throughout the state by 2045. The new solar installations are making even developing countries ambitious enough to go green.
Why We Must Fight Economic Apartheid in America
Last week’s Supreme Court’s decision on fair housing is an important starting place if we want to reverse the vicious cycle of economic apartheid in America. Let's put an end to this racial segregation.
Are Iowa’s days as the nation’s first presidential nominating contest numbered?
The jockeying has begun over which mix of states might take part in a series of coordinated opening primaries for 2024’s Democratic nominee.
A Cuban Flag Flies Again in Washington
History was made this week. The Cuban Embassy was filled beyond capacity with Cuban and American diplomats, government officials, artists, musicians and activists as the Cuban flag was raised once again in Washington.
Why a New Jersey Puffer Fish Should Not Be President
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was at one point considered to be Mitt Romney's vice president if he had won back in 2012, but Romney decided he was not fit to lead. Apparently Christie did not agree and is now attempting to run for president in 2016.
From ‘Demos’ to ‘Podemos’: Popular Uprisings in Greece and Spain
The future of Europe is in flux, as popular movements in Greece and Spain gain power and challenge traditional economic and political systems. The global economic crisis created enormous suffering for billions around the world, but it also created an opening.
A Post-Paris “Clash of Civilizations”?
All of this is like manna from heaven for the Islamic State, the more “pitiless” the better. Their dream is to live in a black-and-white world of utter religious and political clarity (and calamity), while engaging in what American pundits like to term a “clash of civilizations.”