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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Nazis, Racists, Bigots: Extremism on U.S. Ballot in 2018
Arthur Jones is an avowed Nazi. John Fitzgerald says the Holocaust is a myth. Rick Tyler wants to "make America white again." These unapologetic men are all on 2018 election ballots.
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‘Eye-Popping’ Payouts for CEOs Follow Trump’s Tax Cuts
The insider sales feed the narrative that corporate tax cuts enrich executives in the short term while yielding less clear long-term benefits for workers.
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Whataboutism, Part II: How to Argue Politics with People You Don't Agree With
When your political opponents level accusations to cover up for obvious failings in their leaders and attack using irrelevant points, don’t take it lying down.
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Trump Is Taking U.S. Down the Path to Tyranny
The Constitution was designed to prevent tyranny through a system of checks and balances, but in President Trump's America, those safeguards are failing.
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Koch Justice: Billionaires Seek to Expand Influence Over Law Enforcement and Courts In 2018
Charles and David Kochs’ campaign to influence state attorneys general and state courts has largely flown under the radar.
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Rebel Cities 10: Rosario, Argentina, Abandons The Establishment
In Rosario, where the Future City Party seeks to "build the utopia," a new University of Doing prepares students not for managing a corporation or state job, but managing the commons.
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Environmental Threats, Lack of Water, Poor Job Opportunities and Declining Social Benefits Produce Massive Protests in Southern Iraq
Organizers threatened that if their demands for water, basic services, and jobs are not met, the demonstrations will continue and grow.
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Lawmakers, Lobbyists and the Administration Join Forces to Overhaul the Endangered Species Act
In the past two weeks, more than two dozen pieces of legislation, policy initiatives and amendments designed to weaken the law have been either introduced or voted on in Congress.
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Detention Operators Face Suits Over $1-a-Day Work Programs for Migrants
Private prison companies are accused of breaking laws by paying migrants $1 a day. Geo Group and CoreCivic say the work is voluntary.
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In Trump, Brexit and the Transatlantic Game of Chicken, Public Is Divided
"There is no longer a significant majority in parliament in favor of any Brexit outcome. And in this case, public opinion seems to reflect parliamentary opinion: the public is divided, too.”
