Iran Debate: Clinton Steps Up to Oppose The Demagogues
Iran was the subject of one of the most troubling moments in Hillary's 2008 campaign, when she promised to "totally obliterate" that country if the mullahs ever attacked Israel with a nuclear weapon. Has she changed at all?
Overtime: Finally, a Break for the Middle Class
There is finally a bit of good news for hard-working Americans—the U.S. Department of Labor just proposed raising the overtime threshold. More than a million workers will soon get a raise.
Night thoughts on Trump and America
Our democratic institutions have so far stood the test and remain strong. America will be back.
Stupidity and blindness have destroyed whatever democracy the US ever had
Republicans AND Democrats are the problem.
The code behind the far right’s success
Forget the deplorables and focus instead on the persuadables.
When You’ve Lost Bernie Sanders: How Netanyahu Destroyed the Israel Lobby
Sen. Bernie Sanders will not attend the March 3 speech from Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to Congress. Is his announcement a turning point in the domestic politics of Mideast policy?
Surviving today’s toxic brew of doomsday moralism, criminality and derangement
You don’t have to be an English major to appreciate that style reveals as much as content when assessing persona, character and...
Union-Made Miracle on the Hudson
From Captain Sully to the ferry crews, it's union-trained workers who saved the passengers on Flight 1549.
‘Fake news’ in America: Homegrown, and far from new
The corporate state created this monstrous propaganda machine and bequeathed it to Trump.
Capital Punishment? A Dead Policy Walking
Anthony Ray Hinton spent 30 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, even though there were no eyewitnesses, nor fingerprints. Was he a victim of bias and racism?