Re-electing a brutal outlaw-in-chief makes America a rogue outlaw nation
Heinous outcomes are inevitable if Trump is able to get away with relentlessly targeting law and order as his prime opponent.
The longer Trump lasts, the greater the damage, the more degraded is America. Is...
No politician survives endless, humiliating court cases (results or timing aside), and no third-rate PT Barnum fools more than a shrinking minority over time.
Bessemer and the power shift
Next week, Amazon faces a union vote at its warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama.
Three Surprising Reasons Saudi Arabia May Be Getting Out of the Oil Business (Video)
In as little as fifteen to twenty years, petroleum may be illegal in some places; and will be in retreat everywhere.
The Republican road to Nazi perdition
Of course, we say, Republicans would never go as far as the Nazis did. But then, either would Germans in 1933.
Hedges: Heeding James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’
A century after its publication, the timeless novel warns us about the poisons of nationalism and idolatry and the commonality of our sojourns between birth and death.
Trump’s epic budget swindle
Only a politician who thinks his supporters will never figure out how he scammed them would attempt such an epic betrayal. And perhaps that is the worst insult of all.
After two years of war in Ukraine, it’s time for peace
The two years of war in Ukraine that have resulted from the U.S. decision to block the neutrality agreement negotiated between Russia and Ukraine in March 2022 in favor of a long war with Russia.
How Trade Deals Boost the Top 1 Percent and Bust the Rest
While the White House thinks a trade deal will help the U.S. contain China’s power and influence, it will actually make global corporations in the U.S. even more powerful and influential than they've already become. The rich keep getting richer.
Hoodwinked in the hothouse
“Expensive, dirty and dangerous nuclear energy, a clear showpiece of the industry event, is a fairytale distraction from the real work of moving to clean energy. It’s no solution to the climate crisis we face.”