The only way Democrats will get anything done
With Vice President Kamala Harris now serving as the tie-breaking vote, Senate Democrats can and must abolish the filibuster.
Look Who’s Buying American Democracy
How much more evidence do we need that our system is in crisis? How long before we make it work for all of us instead of a handful at the top? We must not let them buy our democracy.
We Need a Mass Movement Demanding Real Social Security and Medicare for All
Bernie Sanders is calling for enhanced Social Security benefits and expanding Medicare to cover all Americans. Now we need a independent mass people's movement to fight for the same thing.
An Open Letter to the Republican Establishment
"You’d have done far better with a political system less poisoned by your money – and, therefore, less volatile and polarized, more capable of responding to the needs of average people, less palpably rigged in your favor."
Clinton Should Ask Obama To Withdraw The TPP
Candidate Clinton has an opportunity to address her TPP credibility problem by asking Obama to withdraw TPP from consideration by Congress.
Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Fourth of July
The long-imprisoned revolutionary and author, who disdains the current political theater, says the broken, racist American system "has to be torn up, root and branch," to halt the war waged on the poor by the corporate state.
Nixon, Reagan paved way for GOP’s race-charged health agenda
These voters – and the rest of the country – deserve an alternative to the politics of division, fear, and hate.
What South Carolina Needs to Do for Racial Equality (Taking Down the Flag Is...
The welfare of all South Carolinians would increase with these steps. These steps include educational reform and expansion of medicaid.
The ‘iEverything’ and the Redistributional Imperative
The newest business model using new technologies isn't just labor-replacing, it's knowledge-replacing. As the ratio of producers to customers continues to plummet, the profits go to an ever-smaller circle of executives and owner-investors.
Why we need to know what Trump says behind closed doors
We need activism: against Trump and the powerful interests he represents, and against a political system that gives too much power to wealthy corporate donors and too little power to the people.