Voices for Change

The great insight from the last century or so: imperial powers profit more from exploiting natural resources than bashing foreign heads.

In severity of health damage, media staying power, and political indefensibility, the Flint, MI lead poisoning looms as a national turning point. What disgrace better spotlights Republican government poisoning one hundred thousand of its own people -- failed austerity at its worst? Rarely does stupid and wasteful, if not immoral, merge so dramatically.

California gives lie to the conservative dictum that low taxes, few regulations, and low wages are the keys economic success. Trumpland should take note.

Persistence is the best resistance.

Americans deluded by capitalist promises need to learn about progressive policies that would truly help them.

Deliberate lies about China to drum up justification for more U.S. war spending needs to be urgently addressed.

Perhaps we should thank vicious rightwingers for broadcasting what’s truly at stake in next year’s election.

Gayle Greene’s “Immeasurable Outcomes” presents an impassioned manifesto to revive quality, democratic education that redeems college teaching and re-seeds enlightened, disaster-averting voters.

We have created the chaos, and it is up to all of us to do whatever we can to clean it up and bring about the changes that 99.9% of people around the world crave.

So don’t believe the media narrative that Congress is trapped in hopeless gridlock and both sides are to blame.