Over the next two years, Democrats have the unfettered ability to be an albatross around the neck of the GOP — and to make sure that what little they manage to get done due to their paper-thin majorities becomes the reason for their undoing.
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Sen. Cassidy Believes States are Better Suited to Run Healthcare but Not Flood Insurance
The National Flood Insurance Program isn't nearly as contentious as the ACA, giving the Louisiana senator more political legroom to advocate for federal management over flood insurance. The irony, given the GOP's latest healthcare setback, is hard to miss.
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Facebook v. Russia: Don’t Blame the Poisoned Well, Blame Those Who Still Drink From It
If you’ve been vacuumed into the vortex of outrage that intensified in the wake of the Russia allegations, you’ve probably also noticed much of the public turn its collective glare in Facebook’s direction. But that’s a mistake.
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Guatemala Rises Up Against Institutionalized Corruption
Last week, hundreds of thousands of Guatemalans demonstrated across the country demanding the resignation of President Jimmy Morales and congress members, following new accusations of corruption and the repeal of anti-corruption laws passed in 2015.
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How Privatization Cuts Us In Two, While Public Institutions Make Us A Better People
We’ve become a nation of profit-makers versus the struggling middle/lower classes. Yet while most people looking to make big money disparage public systems as inefficient, wasteful and inferior, privatization is not the solution – it is the problem.
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The Business of Government: Donald Trump’s Most Ridiculous Idea
No great American company would hire a CEO who knows as little about an industry as Donald Trump knows about government.
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Strengthen Labor Law to Promote Progressive Causes
To mark Labor Day, professors WIlliam E.
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How to Sustain the Resistance to Trump and Win
To help the tens of thousands of people who are eager to resist Trump, we’ve developed Resistance Guide, a short handbook with the analysis, skills, and tools to sustain a resistance powerful enough to win.
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Despite Threats from Spain, Catalans Might Actually Vote for—And Win—Independence
Nerves are mounting on all sides, as many suspect this could be the year the Catalans make good on their promise to secede.
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Record Number of UK Workers Are Living on the Edge With Zero-Hours Contracts
Notoriously low-paid industries rely on zero-hours contracts the most, including the leisure and hotel, retail and restaurant sectors, where record numbers of employees are left not knowing how much work they'll get from week to week.
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“Carpe Diem Politics”: How to Do More Than Just Resist
Today’s social justice movements must seize opportunities, mobilize quickly, and, finally, embrace a carnival spirit.
