The Wheels Come off Jeb’s Victory Wagon
Jeb Bush's presidential campaign recently fell into complete disarray as he continues to fall behind in key states. Will Bush's operation now be like “Pickett’s Charge” to win the nomination?
Not Lovin’ It
McDonald's new ad campaign is trying to tap into people’s emotions linking their positive feelings of love with the Golden Arches. Maybe it would be better served to ask the workers about the “love” they’re getting from McDonald’s.
No, Mr. Trump, Iran can’t “take out” Los Angeles and San Diego
US intelligence agencies have assessed for 25 years that Iran has no military nuclear weapons program, and Iran has no intercontinental ballistic missile, writes Juan Cole.
An Escape Hatch for Corporate Cons
While corporate crimes produce horrible injuries, illnesses and deaths, they are almost always settled by fines and payoffs. Why is it that criminal corporate executives are always given a “Get Out of Jail Free” card?
Open Veins, Healing Wounds in Latin America
As the U.S. and Cuba had their first formal meeting in more than half a century, Eduardo Galeano, the great Uruguayan writer who did so much to explain the deeply unequal relations, recently died. Will the open wounds be healed in Latin America?
VIDEO: The Three Biggest Myths Blinding Us to the Economic Truth
Why should Americans be worried about who government is for? Because money in politics causes many decisions to become rigged against average working Americans. It's time we get money out of politics.
CEOs got an $800k raise last year. Did you?
Ordinary workers now have to work centuries — or even millennia — to make what their CEOs make in a year.
Art, Politics and Social Change at the Venice Biennale
This year’s Venice Biennale, called “All the World’s Futures,” showcases a growing community of politically engaged artists, who not only reflect the beauty and brutality of the world, but might actually change it.
Newly Released Emails Reveal the Hillary You (Still) Don’t Know
Hillary Clinton has recently turned over thousands of emails to he State Department and many of them only discuss daily menial issues. When was she discussing weightier decisions? Was she already thinking ahead, and wanted to remain mysterious about her true opinions on matters, so only communicated on big issues via telephone?
State Terror Against People of Color
Too many families are unable to find social justice because they are rendered invisible by the media and crushed by poverty. And this nightmare they are living will only grow as poverty and inequality expand.



