Wednesday, October 7, 2026

Social Security’s Enemies Are Down – But They’re Not Out

“Tax the rich, feed the poor …” Say what you will about its politics, but it wouldn’t add a penny to the deficit.

Why more environmental justice organizations must join the call for a militarism-free future

An open letter initiated by CODEPINK urges the world to take the arduous baby step of recognizing the deadly intersection of war and environmental destruction.

Noam Chomsky explains why ‘the Republican Party is the most dangerous organization in world...

Has there ever been an organization in human history that is dedicated, with such commitment, to the destruction of organized human life on Earth?

Trump’s ‘spiritual adviser:’ A match made in wealth gospel heaven

That’s what comes from not attending enough Trump rallies. One misses the most spectacular, if sobering revelations — though nothing to do...

All bets are off as Republican democracy killers concoct ever-scarier nightmares

While Democrats work at marginal political solutions, the radical right heads for the rocks, crying “full steam ahead.”

Helene unleashes a hurricane of anti-semitism

"How they're going at me is surprising because Marjorie Taylor Greene has made this inference that Jews control the weather, and I'm a Jewish mayor and somehow there's a correlation." Asheville's Jewish Mayor, Esther Manheimer

LBJ launches Medicare: ‘You can’t treat grandma this way’

Yes, our health system is broken, but broken systems can be fixed – not easily, but they can be fixed.

Bring everyone into the tent

We need to see that we are simply adopting the approach of FDR and the New Deal, and eliminating income inequality without bloodshed.

The slow-motion equivalent of a nuclear war?

A "new Cold War" on an ever-hotter planet