Chris Hedges: The Great Delusion
The real lesson we should learn from the rise of a demagogue such as Trump and a pandemic that our for-profit health care industry proved unable to contain is that…
The U.K.’s New COVID-19 Strain and Boris Johnson’s Bloody Blunders
The British prime minister’s pre-Christmas announcement that a new, highly contagious strain of the coronavirus is ripping through England is as shocking as it is maddening.
France Cynically Hides Its Islamophobia Behind ‘Laïcité’
President Emmanuel Macron is the latest in a long line of French leaders to use the revolutionary principle to justify discrimination against Muslims.
Matt Tyrnauer: How Reagan Paved the Way for Trump
The director of the devastating Showtime documentary blockbuster “The Reagans” reveals how Donald Trump was the logical heir to the Reagan Revolution beginning with his plagiarism of the Gipper’s “Make…
Can We Finally Stop Marching to Disaster?
It’s almost twenty years since 9/11, why is it still all war, all the time?
White Supremacy Is Only Plausible Explanation for 2020 Election Results
Voter polling on racism and Black Lives Matter show it was the biggest factor in Republican victories across the country.
FDR Knew Exactly How to Solve Today’s Unemployment Crisis
A self-funding national infrastructure bank modeled on the “American System” of Alexander Hamilton, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin D. Roosevelt would help solve not one but two of the country’s biggest…
Blueprint: How to Beat the Pro-Charter Billionaires
Despite being outspent 3-1, education activists flipped a school board to take their district back from outside privatizers.
Will Biden’s America Stop Creating Terrorists?
The new Biden administration needs to take a truly fresh look at the whole range of destructive policies the United States has pursued around the world for decades, and the…
Rouhani Tells Biden How to Get the Iran Deal Back on Track
The Iranian president is signaling to the U.S. and to Europe that if they want Iran to go back to observing the stringent stipulations of the JCPOA, they have to…
Unemployment Skyrocketing? An Evolved Society Would Celebrate.
Why do we still pretend crap jobs give our lives meaning?
Vaccine Thinking Applied to All of American Life
The remarkably speedy hunt for a Covid-19 vaccine shows what might be possible when it comes to the inequality that may be the most striking aspect of American life in…
Biden Could Easily Cancel Student Debt, But Will He?
The federal government owns 92 percent of all student debt owed in this country. Canceling it could provide a huge stimulus.
America Is Contributing to Iran’s Shocking Covid-19 Death Toll
Iran is suffering the worst Covid-19 outbreak in the Middle East. Part of the blame for this tragedy is on none other than Donald Trump
J4J: Inside an Epic Victory for American Labor
After decades of declining clout and shrinking membership, janitorial unions in Los Angeles led a labor movement revival at the end of the last century.