Journalists have a responsibility to plainly tell the truth about how truly different the Democrats and the Republicans are today, especially with both democracy and the rule of law at stake this November.
Steven Rhodes
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As Detroit Bankruptcy Trial Closes, Protesters Announce March for Water Rights
Concluding the largest Chapter 9 bankruptcy case for a U.S. municipality, financial creditors and pension groups representing public workers clamored to demand payments.
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The Road to Serfdom: American Feudalism Comes To Detroit
If the financiers who fueled the city's fiscal crisis get their way, Detroit citizens will no longer own any public goods but will be like serfs – subservient to a class of unaccountable corporate lords and their cronies in government.
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Why Detroit's "Bankruptcy" Distracts From Attack on Constitution
Detroit is the victim of dishonest politicians colluding with banks and other corporate predators, and we are now witnessing the late stages of an extended municipal lynching — the natural expression of contemporary American capitalism.