The End of the Age of Billionaires

Josh Hoxie / OtherWords Feb 11, 2019 Serious proposals are on the table to address the deepening divide between the uber-rich and the rest of us. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Corporatists Brought Us to the Brink of This Catastrophe

John Feffer / TomDispatch Dec 19, 2018 The people who established a New World Order based on fossil fuel dependency are largely responsible for the climate change crisis we face. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Trump Says He’s Eager to Sign Bipartisan Criminal Justice Bill

KEVIN FREKING / The Associated Press Dec 19, 2018 The sweeping legislation would give judges more discretion when sentencing some drug offenders and would boost prisoner rehabilitation efforts. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Bernie Sanders: Billionaires Are Destroying the Fabric of Our Country

Paul Jay / The Real News Network Dec 7, 2018 In a revealing new interview, the Vermont senator says we are ignoring runaway income inequality at our grave peril. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

American Billionaires Are Overwhelmingly Conservative, New Study Finds

Jessica Corbett / Common Dreams Nov 1, 2018 Research indicates that the mega-wealthy have given large sums of money to advance "unpopular, inequality-exacerbating" economic policies. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Naomi Klein: We’ve Entered a Frightening New Era of Capitalism

Jacob Sugarman / Truthdig Oct 12, 2018 The 1 percent so dominate our institutions that they consider political power their birthright. Call it the Age of the Pampered Princeling. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Robert Reich: America Has Become a Nation of Bullies

Robert Reich / Truthdig Oct 1, 2018 It goes beyond the likes of Donald Trump and Brett Kavanaugh. Our entire culture is predicated on intimidation, dominance and submission. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Shaming the People Bankrolling Climate Change Denial

Jim Hightower / OtherWords Sep 25, 2018 A feisty group called Cowboys for Liberty is naming prominent polluters, politicos and propagandists in its “Climate Denier Hall of Shame.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Trump’s Babysitters Are as Scary as He Is

John Feffer / TomDispatch Sep 24, 2018 The so-called "adults in the [Oval Office]" are to blame for the devastation that followed our policy-ignorant president's election. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Brett Kavanaugh and the Triumph of the Conservative Counterrevolution

Bill Blum / Truthdig Sep 3, 2018 The confirmation of President Trump's nominee would mark the culmination of a right-wing legal counterrevolution that has been decades in the making. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Koch Network Reveals List of Candidates It Is Backing

STEVE PEOPLES / The Associated Press Aug 31, 2018 The Koch brothers, who devote substantial resources to pushing conservative policies at the state and national levels, are endorsing a handful of sometime-critics of President Trump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Why Won’t the Mainstream Media Tell the Truth About ‘Medicare for All’? (Updates)

Jacob Sugarman / Truthdig Aug 17, 2018 A "fact-check" challenging Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s claims about the legislation's cost efficiency is misleading at best and willfully dishonest at worst. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )