Friday, August 21, 2026

Kerry’s endorsement of Biden fits: Two deceptive supporters of the Iraq War

The former vice president has powerful backers in corporate media, wealthy circles and the Democratic Party establishment.

Joe Biden’s voting rights strategy comes into focus

Laying down markers and filing lawsuits against states that cross lines.

The end of dissent

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Why America Recoils From Trump

Like Washington and Lincoln, FDR would have regarded Trump and all that surrounds him as abhorrent.

Can the world save Palestine from US-Israeli genocide?

The UN General Assembly's scheduled meeting is an opportunity for the world community to clearly express its opposition to Israel’s brutal occupation of Palestine.

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.”

Bannon, Kushner, and Trump’s upside-down populism

Americans are rightfully incensed that the system is rigged against them. But they’re angry at the riggers – not at the system.

Severance pay: Corporate obligation to long-term workers

There is a new push, at both the state and federal levels, to provide U.S. workers with many of the benefits that workers in other countries have long taken for granted.