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The Absence — and Presence — of Daniel Ellsberg: A Year After His Death, He’s Still with Us

Above all, Daniel Ellsberg was preoccupied with opposing policies that could lead to nuclear war. “No policies in human history…

1 year ago

Bribery Unleashed: The Supreme Court’s Wealth-Driven Corruption Crisis

Democrats in Congress must reverse those bizarre, democracy-destroying decisions with a new law declaring an end to this American political…

1 year ago

Elected Democrats Are Conformist Enablers of Biden for 2024

Democrats in Congress have ample reasons to be apprehensive about next year. But their silences and spin increasingly make them…

2 years ago

GOP: “How Dare You Tell the Truth!”

Republican efforts to stop any person or institution who points out the lies, fabrications, and misinformation they depend on to…

2 years ago

Dead School Children are a Sign of America’s Trump-Fueled Fascism Problem

There is a straight line from criminalizing queer people to banning books to forbidding women’s rights to seizing control of…

2 years ago

What the Supreme Court Did to America When They Legalized Political Bribery

It’s hard to overstate how much damage these corrupt rulings by Republicans on the court — from Buckley and Bellotti…

3 years ago

FTC Urged to Crack Down on Egg Industry’s ‘Organized Theft’

“The real culprit behind this 138% hike in the price of a carton of eggs,” says the letter, “appears to…

3 years ago

The “Governed” in America Aren’t Getting the “Happiness” They Deserve

Political corruption isn’t sweeping other advanced democracies the way it is America because in those countries political bribery is still…

3 years ago

Why Farmworker Legalization Failed

For farmworkers, real change requires a much larger base of organized workers. Today, less than 1 percent of the farm…

3 years ago

By Forcing a Contract on Railworkers,  Joe Biden Is Betraying Workers Everywhere

Democratic leaders are, in effect, declaring their solidarity with the American working class while actively siding with the very business…

3 years ago