Witnessing The Birth Of A New Nationalist World Order
The world urgently needs a new generation of democratic internationalists — or there won’t be much of a world left when Trump’s confederacy of oligarchs gets through with it.
Wells Fargo CEO Should Pay Back All Scam-Inflated Pay
$154 million of Stumpf’s pay, subsidized by taxpayers, qualified for this write-off between 2012 and 2015.
The Trauma of Losing a Parent to Incarceration
More than 5 million children have a parent in jail. A country that allows such massive infliction of trauma on its children is a country whose entire future is in question.
How America’s War On Drugs Unintentionally Aids Mexican Drug Cartels
U.S. drug policy has been an “excerise in futility”
Looking Beyond the Headlines on Black Jobs and Workers in America
The potential for black workers to rejuvenate the U.S. labor movement and transform it into the ultimate working class and civil rights vehicle is enormous.
Will Congress Be Duped Again on Offshore Taxes?
While the rest of us pay the sticker price, lawmakers are considering a special deluxe tax rate for giant corporations.
Let Us Eat Cake: The New Census Data on Poverty
Poverty and deep poverty persist in this wealthy nation.
Playing the Pundit
Many entertainment figures, like George Clooney, have entered the world of punditry. But what happens when a pundit goes the other way?
Bribing Israel: Enhancing the Swag
What’s supposed to be the main point of it all — new negotiations leading to something remotely resembling a just, lasting and comprehensive peace — is simply not on the agenda of either Israel or the U.S.
Coming Face to Face with Obama and the Vanishing American Dream
Attending a recent town hall meeting, the author is shocked to note that “not once did the words ‘climate change’ cross the president’s lips.”
Haiti Again?
The U.S. treatment of Haiti is, unfortunately, nothing new.