The 2016 Presidential Elections and the Cost of Democracy
For the moral importance of democracy is not the language of money but the ‘Will of the People.’
As Coasts Flood, Why Isn’t the Corporate Press Asking Candidates About Climate Change?
It is also possible that corporate capitalism, which both runs the candidates and runs the so-called “news” companies, is about as good at dealing with a rapidly changing environment as the dodo was.
The Curse of Incumbency (And Death of Democracy?)
There's still a chance we can fix it, that it isn't too late. As voters, we have to wake up and do our part to awaken others to the crisis we're facing in this country.
You Don’t Matter to Drugmakers
Big pharma executives are going all out to paint themselves as the good guys — just not to you.
Why Trump?
The Democratic Party has not been taking seriously many of the reasons for Trump’s support and the range of that support. And the media has not been discussing many of the reasons for Trump’s support. That needs to change.
Why the Critics of Bernienomics Are Wrong
They’re wrong. You need to know the truth, and spread it.
Let’s Talk About Hillary Clinton and Saudi Arabia
U.S. activists must follow the example of our European allies and demand that our government stop supplying the Saudi rulers with weapons to bomb civilians in Yemen and repress its own citizens.
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.
To Get America Moving, Tax Financial Transactions
A sales tax on speculators can deliver tangibles that people need but Wall Street says we can't afford as well as intangibles that our nation needs but Wall Street tries to ignore.
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s Surprise Endorsement Gives Sanders a Chance to Change the Whole Primary...
Resignation from the DNC by Vice-Chair Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), who is endorsing Bernie Sanders following Hillary Clinton's South Carolina primary romp, give Sanders campaign a chance to shake up the whole primary campaign.