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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Whataboutism, Part I: Trump's Rhetorical Technique To Subvert Political Discourse
To understand Donald Trump's rhetorical success, we must recognize his mastery of Whataboutism – employing the brutality of a personal attack to divert attention from any argument.
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Occupy ICE Activists Attract Rival Counter-Protesters Armed with Guns
As Occupy ICE camps continue to spread across the US, some activists have warned that they have been subjected to intimidation by armed, Trump-supporting counter-protesters.
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Baltimore Sues 26 Fossil Fuels Companies Over Climate Change
The city’s waterfront revitalization has become a model for urban development, but sea level rise and extreme weather are putting its future at risk.
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Rebel Cities 9: Iceland's Slow-Burning Digital Democratic Revolution
Icelanders to their credit have twice peacefully ousted governments, they are world leaders in transparency laws and digital freedom, and they decided not to bail out its failed banks.
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2018 update: More evidence that half of Americans are in or near poverty
By any rational definition of poverty, half of our country's households are dealing with it.
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American Exceptionalism Is a Dangerous Myth
Instead of disrespecting the achievements of other countries, the U.S. needs to learn from them.
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By Exploiting and Mismanaging Public Pensions, Wall Street Has Cost Taxpayers $600 Billion Over Last Decade
"Most people (including policymakers) still have no idea that skimming fees off public employees' retirement savings has become one of the largest sources of profits for Wall Street moguls."
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As Finance Capital Pushes Back, Public Banking Must Build and Take Power
To succeed, the public banking movement needs to be more than a good idea. We need supporters to number in the tens of thousands – for if there is not unyielding public demand, there will be no public bank.
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Trump and the British People: The Disconnect Couldn't Be Greater
"We know he’s a vain and self-absorbed man and to know that 250,000 people want to descend on central London and demonstrate against him will give him pause for thought," said one demonstrator.
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Brett Kavanaugh Could Bring An Avalanche of Big Money to Elections
Kavanaugh’s appellate court decisions and public comments suggest he will accelerate the trend toward a political system dominated by wealthy elites – often operating in the shadows, without any form of disclosure.
