Why so many people loathe Congress
Speaker Ryan himself wallows in a mud pit of congressional entitlements that working stiffs couldn't imagine.
How can we stop banksters from robbing us?
Such recalcitrance only intensifies the public's outrage and cynicism toward out-of-control banksters.
Iran Debate: Clinton Steps Up to Oppose The Demagogues
Iran was the subject of one of the most troubling moments in Hillary's 2008 campaign, when she promised to "totally obliterate" that country if the mullahs ever attacked Israel with a nuclear weapon. Has she changed at all?
Hunting Hillary: Dim Speaker-to-Be Reveals Select Committee’s Partisan Goal
As the Republican-controlled House revealed yet another committee to investigate Benghazi, is this their way of "hurting Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign?"
Overtime: Finally, a Break for the Middle Class
There is finally a bit of good news for hard-working Americans—the U.S. Department of Labor just proposed raising the overtime threshold. More than a million workers will soon get a raise.
Night thoughts on Trump and America
Our democratic institutions have so far stood the test and remain strong. America will be back.
Corporate team of rivals: Harris now in top tier with Biden to prevent a...
No matter how distasteful or repugnant, the electoral process is an opening for progressive forces to be influential and potentially decisive.
$1,896,944,109,232: Time to hit reset on student debt. All of it.
In the richest country in the history of the world, it is absurd, to say the least, that we have sentenced an entire generation to a lifetime of debt simply for doing what was expected of them — getting a college education.
Biden refuses to mention the worsening dangers of nuclear war. Media and Congress enable...
“I refuse to accept the cynical notion that nation after nation must spiral down a militaristic stairway into the hell of thermonuclear destruction.”
Can Bernie Save America?
Sanders has seized the chance to change the way we think about what is possible in this country.