Is Trump’s America our America?
Here we are in Trumplandia, with a delusional leader of a plutocratic party trying to redefine reality with “alternative facts,” fake news, and a blitzkrieg of Orwellian “Newspeak.”
Youth Revolts Are Back: Lebanon, Iraq Shaken by Demand for Services, End to Corruption...
Youth protests have popped up from time to time–in Turkey, Yemen, and now Beirut and Baghdad–where they are shaking up politics and calling for an end to corrupt governments.
How we can get Walmart’s $237-million-man to pay his own freight
Pay-ratio taxes just might help bring that “collective happiness” a little closer.
US leads world in inequality, and it is getting worse
“Inequality is not inevitable.” Yet the United States continues to widen the inequality gap.
Yesterday’s ‘shithole countries’ can become classy places Donald, and vice versa
The shit's everywhere.
The 5th coronavirus relief package we need
Most of the elements of the 5th Relief Package we need have been introduced by various members of Congress, but they won’t be included if we don’t speak up and demand real emergency relief.
“Thank you for your service”: pardons for war criminals and indifference for those damaged...
I can’t remember who recently said it, but the point has been made that we often call people heroes because it’s easier to sacrifice them when they’re given this honorific and simply move on.
Hogwash! That the US goes full banana republic by prosecuting endless Trump crime sprees
Any failure to indict the spate of Trump criminality signals the beginning of the end of America.
Close the audit gap
Millionaires who skip their taxes should get audited, not the working poor. Closing that gap isn’t just fair — it’s essential to protect our democracy.
Solidarity with #NoDAPL strengthens all of us
One of the most important lessons from the Indigenous that we should embed into our decision-making is that we are not only making decisions for ourselves.