The Execution of Nimr Al-Nimr: One More Reason to Re-evaluate the Toxic U.S.-Saudi Alliance
The killing of Sheikh Al-Nimr should serve as a prime moment for the U.S. to reconsider its alliance with the Saudi regime, a regime that not only denies human rights to its own people but exports death and destruction abroad.
Whose Century Is It?
Perhaps this is no longer really the American century at all, despite the continuing status of the U.S. as the planet’s sole superpower.
Trumped
Trump will assume the most powerful position in the world, the presidency of the United States. But there is still a force more powerful: movements.
Why in the world would Trump tap Perry to be energy secretary?
Rick Perry has zero expertise or experience for the job he's being handed.
Trump’s Supreme Court pageant: a silly show to fill a stolen seat
Republicans stole the seat from the president who was elected to fill it – and, more importantly, from the voters who elected him.
A big day for Trump’s budget pick, Social Security – and millionaires
“We have a president who ran on a set of principles that he would not cut Social Security and Medicare and Medicaid, yet he is nominating someone whose views are very, very different.”
Another Fight for 15: A $15,000 Dividend for Every American Family
Could a national dividend help fix the economy? Paul Buchheit shares several powerful reasons why this should happen, but it all depends on if Congress is willing to fight for the American people.
The divider-in-chief
We must be united to take back our democracy.
The real socialism in America isn’t what you think
It’s more socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for the rest.
How to get teenagers to read important books? Ban them.
There’s no better way to get a teenager to read a book than to ban it.