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For oligarchs, the rise of digital finance provides large moneymaking opportunities. But for the rest of us, it increases the risk of another...
The current cease-fire is on shaky ground, and even if it holds, wars have consequences that last long after the bombs stop falling.
In less than a week in office, Trump has commenced the process of officially erasing the truth not simply about January 6, 2021, but about the last...
I interviewed three anti-nuke activists to understand the Doomsday Clock and how our society thinks about the very real threat of nuclear war.
It’s only progressives who not only propose changes to the system supported by the majority, but also practice a form of politics that the public...
Foreign policy is not truly foreign; it remains a domestic issue, not some abstract concept that does not affect the average American’s everyday...
This transformative work requires reimagining medicine’s structures, moving people with racist beliefs out of positions of power, and creating...
Trump is both a master oligarch and a strongman; his ruthlessness and that of other oligarchs in his orbit reflect in part a self-confidence...
While tariffs can be a tool for positive change, they need to be used alongside investments and strong environmental protections in our own country.
The bill would limit the upward economic mobility of part-time workers and workers at businesses with less than 25 people, reduce paid time off,...
To effectively counter MAGA, it must be accurately framed, not as an embodiment of American exceptionalism, but as part of a global populist strategy.
Trump is, in effect, attempting with the stroke of a pen to undo over 60 years of hard-won progress in overcoming racism, sexism, and other forms...
Without the media covering the actions, litigation, initiatives, and reports of civic institutions and labor unions, little or nothing will flow...
Americans have a hard road ahead of us working to create a future that is more humane and just, for ourselves and future generations.
President Trump made it clear in his campaign that his apparent priority was to uplift struggling Americans. This is simply and totally at odds...
The very ripeness for scandal this time around calls for reasonable restrictions on the sources and amounts of inaugural donations.
The promise and possibility of ending poverty, reclaiming democracy, and advancing peace and justice remain closer than any of us may think.
If Americans hate most of the planet beyond their borders—and go to war with it—they are creating the very reality they fear.a
The mainstream press failed to accurately describe the hand gesture that Elon Musk made twice at Trump’s Inauguration Day rally, setting a...
We must push for successful completion of all three phases of the cease-fire agreement and remove conditions within the U.S. that have enabled the...
As menacingly foretold, an addled, vengeful dolt has unleashed a deluge of mindless venom, rancor, racism, cruelty - and domestic terrorists - on a...
Throughout American history, in moments of darkness (and there have been plenty), people have found ways to forge solidarity across difference.
The forces of Trumpian repression and neofascism would like nothing better than for us to give up. Then they’d win it all. We cannot allow them to.
Anger over a government of the rich, by the rich, and for the rich will make it more likely that any future lies about a “strong leader” and a...
The inaugural ceremony featured America’s three richest men—Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg—seated prominently in attendance,...
If you line up all the wicked, unqualified, strange, and misshapen beings who will guide Trump's administration into the stormy seas of fascism, not...
Any and all necessary steps will be taken with the goal of bending the arc of history toward justice, no matter how slow and painful the process.