What South Carolina Needs to Do for Racial Equality (Taking Down the Flag Is...
The welfare of all South Carolinians would increase with these steps. These steps include educational reform and expansion of medicaid.
We Don’t Have to Fight World War III in the Middle East
John Kerry and Mohammad Javad Zarif have demonstrated that we don’t have to fight World War III in the Middle East with the framework of the nuclear deal. Diplomacy can work—war is not the only available policy tool.
For Rent: The GOP’s No. 3
How long has Rep. Steve Scalise been involved in Congress' take-and-give game with lobbyists? Ever since he starting writing the rules that give such corruption a pass. As Scalise puts it, he must “keep and expand our [Republican] majority in Congress.”
The Nincompoop Caucus Sets a Record
Lawmakers are doing all they can to eliminate healthcare coverage for people on Obamacare. Republicans have voted more than 56 times to take away health coverage for previously uninsured people. This is absurd.
Washington Asks, ‘Who Lost Ramadi?’ But Washington Never Had Ramadi
Why do Republicans think that if the U.S. occupied Iraq for longer, Ramadi would have somehow become a U.S. protectorate? The whole debate over “who lost Ramadi” is no debate because Washington never had Ramadi.
Chicago’s Taxpayer-Funded Ode to Robber Barons
Even though George Pullman was a feudalistic 19th-century profiteer, he considered himself a beneficent employer as he suppressed the wages of his factory workers. In current times, is our tax money going to finance a monument for his greed?
VIDEO: The Middle East Policy of President Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders said that a "war with Iran should be avoided at all costs." And he opposed the 2003 invasion of Iraq and advised the U.S. to get out of Afghanistan in 2011. So where are going with all this? Here is a look at the Middle East policy of "President Bernie Sanders."
Trump’s Slur Stokes Phony Fury
While Donald Trump continues to be a loud-mouthed celebrity's gaffe, Jeb Bush's feigned outrage over Trumps comments of John McCain not being a "war hero" puts him in the same category— a sanctimonious fraud.
A Breakdown of the Top Foreign Policy Points in Obama’s Speech
While he slighted foreign policy during his State of the Union speech, President Obama has avoided new conventional wars. Here are a few other foreign policy highlights worth underlining.
Paper Tiger: the Failure of America’s Trillion Dollar War Machine
The United States has burned through a third of its stand-off missile stocks against a country that spends two percent of what it does, losing at least four F-15s, an F-35 and 24 Reaper drones in the process.


