The Mainstream Media Is a Cheerleader for War With Iran
When it comes to war, we shouldn't expect balance from mainstream news outlets: the corporate media has never met a war it didn't like.
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The Roots of Islamophobia
Donald Trump is no lone wolf. Islamophobia can be found across the political mainstream.
Crimes Against Design
Donald Trump isn't just ruining lives. He's ruining fashion.
Reactionaries in Robes
Donald Trump's Supreme Court will fight social progress at every turn. But his reactionary judiciary can't just be resisted in the courts.
Why Impeachment Matters
A Trump reelection is the worst-case scenario, and the Left needs to be part of the struggle to prevent it. Impeachment is part of that struggle.
Why Nancy Pelosi Hates the Squad
The growing conflict between Nancy Pelosi and representatives like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez isn’t a clash of personalities — it’s a clash of worldviews.
The Politics of a Second Gilded Age
The mass inequality of America’s first Gilded Age thrived on identity-based partisanship, helping extinguish the fires of class rage. In 2021, we’re headed down the same path.
Fear, American Style
Trump doesn't need to subvert American institutions to achieve his goals, because they are already powerful tools of oppression.
Joe Biden’s Labor Board Picks Have Been Surprisingly Encouraging
Biden's political history is anything but pro-labor. But his moves thus far to strengthen workers' rights through the National Labor Relations Board have actually been very promising.
Take Me to Your Leader: The Rot of the American Ruling Class
For more than three centuries, something has been going horribly wrong at the top of our society, and we’re all suffering for it.
Ukraine Is Betrayed by Its Friends Once More
Donald Trump is demanding $500 billion in mineral riches from Ukraine in exchange for supporting its war effort. The bid to loot Ukraine’s resources makes a mockery of calls to defend its national sovereignty.
The System Failed
Every day Donald Trump is in the White House is an indictment of American democracy.
The Indifferent and the Defiant
Battered by poverty and coronavirus, South Texas should have been deep blue turf for Joe Biden. It wasn’t. But in the Rio Grande Valley, the story is less about growing conservatism than about the rise of nonvoting — and despair.
On Election Day, Follow the Money for Both Parties
In an oligarchic system, there are few better predictors of how a president will govern than where they got their money. Here’s who’s funded both the Biden and Trump campaigns.
The Destruction of Gaza Will Be Joe Biden’s Enduring Legacy
Joe Biden talked about wanting a cease-fire, but he continued sending weapons to Israel and refused to apply any pressure to end the attack on Gaza. That refusal, cosigned by Kamala Harris, is an integral part of both their legacies.
Israel Is Still the Obstacle to a Permanent Gaza Cease-Fire
The Israeli government spent months obstructing a cease-fire deal in Gaza while the US refused to apply pressure. Israel’s leaders are keen to resume the onslaught while ramping up violence in the West Bank if Washington allows it.
Where Boomers Party Till They Drop — Dead
Welcome to The Villages, where not even the coronavirus can keep retirees from their steady diet of sex, drugs, rock ‘n’ roll, and Donald Trump.
Ending the Opioid Crisis
Trump finally declared mass opioid addiction a national emergency. But he won’t take on big pharma and the social roots of the crisis.
Kiss the Ring
After months of denouncing Trump, the rich and powerful realize they could use some Donald in their life after all.