Why Won’t Democrats Unequivocally Oppose War With Iran?
Jan 9, 2020 A crisis of this magnitude demands a forceful response, yet even such putative progressives as Sen. Chris Murphy feel the need to equivocate.
The Military Industrial Complex Has Won
Oct 25, 2019 From our politics to our popular culture, the Pentagon now permeates every facet of American society. A proto-autocracy is the result.
Trump Is Losing the Most Important Impeachment Battle
Oct 3, 2019 If the president sounds panicked, he has reason to be. New polling data indicate that a plurality of Americans now backs his impeachment.
The Media Can’t Face Its Own Corporate Influence
Sep 17, 2019 Our political press is simply deluding itself if it believes that ownership has no fundamental influence over the content it produces.
Bernie Sanders Is Coming to American Journalism’s Rescue
Sep 3, 2019 The Vermont senator understands that the forces threatening the free press, like those eroding our democracy, are bigger than Donald Trump.
Welcome to Ayn Rand’s America
Aug 13, 2019 "The Fountainhead" author drew inspiration from a child murderer. Now her sociopathic worldview has become the guiding ethos of the GOP.
Top Trump Official Disavows Statue of Liberty Greeting
Aug 13, 2019 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' Ken Cuccinelli argues that the famous poem by Emma Lazarus should be recast with qualifiers.
Media Insist on Repackaging Terrifying Stories as ‘Uplifting’
Jul 21, 2019 A popular news trend of supposedly positive stories reveal the dire conditions of late capitalism so many Americans now live under.
Donald Trump Accused of Sexual Assault by 24th Woman
Jun 21, 2019 In a harrowing new essay, journalist E. Jean Carroll claims the then-real estate mogul attacked her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room.
Noam Chomsky: The Real Election Meddling Isn’t Coming From Russia
Jun 20, 2019 The philosopher and linguist reflects on his seminal work, "Manufacturing Consent," and the sinister new ways we are sold to advertisers.
