Truth: The first casuality in trade debates
There is a lot of money at stake in getting Congress to approve the deal and they have no intention of letting the truth get in the way.
Here’s why prices are still high
We need to keep tackling corporate power.
Media’s Email Hysteria: Why Are Republicans Exempt?
If a private email account is so shocking to mainstream media, why was there barely any talk about the millions of emails that disappeared during the Bush years? The current hysteria seems to reveal the intense press prejudice against Hillary Clinton by several well-placed Washington journalists.
Supreme Obstruction
After so many years of this, the public is, to say the least, disillusioned to the point of giving up on government – even our current pretense of democracy.
How the Trump administration wields the federal government’s power over public education
With the help of the U.S. Supreme Court and congressional Republicans, Trump is turning public education into the great unequalizer.
In Selma, Memories of Bloody Sunday Spur Action Today
The fiftieth-anniversary commemoration of Bloody Sunday in Selma this past weekend was a look back at living history. It was also a moment to remember the martyrs of the civil-rights movement then and now. Will bringing together past and present help shape a new future?
Why it’s essential for America to own supply chains
Only domestic ownership of manufacturing supply chains—from the sourcing of raw materials like titanium sponge to the production of goods like airplane components—will keep the nation strong.
Why the media’s ‘sanewashing’ of Trump is uniquely dangerous
In their attempts to normalize an obviously abnormal candidate, major media outlets risk shirking their responsibility to do the most fundamental job of the free press at their own peril: To tell the truth.
A circular economy
Latino community members in Southern California use the tanda system for mutual financial support.
Abuses that Wouldn’t Exist in a Socialist America
"Our current capitalist-driven inequalities will only be rectified when people realize that a strong community makes successful individuals, not the other way around." Paul Buchheit discusses the few ways we would benefit with a social democracy.