Trump is history. America’s future is now in Biden’s hands
Trump has left Republicans badly fractured and on the defensive. The party is imploding. Big business no longer has a home in the crackpot GOP. This political void is allowing Biden and the Democrats,...
View ArticleA GOP-majority Supreme Court shows cruelty toward the powerless
Republican-appointed justices, who now hold six of nine seats on the Court, are ready to overturn the Court’s 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade, striking down anti-abortion laws across the nation as...
View ArticleThe so-called ‘labor shortage’ is actually a living-wage shortage
You might say American workers have declared a national general strike until they get better pay and improved working conditions.
View ArticleThe Supreme Court, Federal Reserve and Big Tech cannot go unchallenged
Three centers of power increasingly dominate our lives, but are less and less accountable: The Supreme Court, the Federal Reserve, and Big Tech. So how do we break the cycle and hold these power...
View ArticleThey died protecting the right of Black people to vote. The fight is not over
The convergence of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and of the Senate’s unwillingness to protect voting rights causes me to remember my childhood friend and protector, whom I knew as Mickey. I was always...
View ArticlePutin’s war and its economic and geopolitical realities
Putin’s means of keeping Western liberal democracy at bay isn’t just to invade Ukraine. It’s also to stoke division inside the West by fueling racist nationalism in Western Europe and the United...
View ArticleAll the times Trump and Putin have proved me wrong
Putin and Trump have convinced me I was wrong about how far we had come in the 21st century. Technology, globalization, and modern systems of governance haven’t altered the ways of tyranny. But I, like...
View ArticleDear President Biden and Democrats, here’s your economic message
As America slouches toward the midterm elections, President Biden and the Democrats need an economic message that celebrates their accomplishments to date – job creation and higher wages – yet also...
View ArticleRoe v Wade reversal another brick in the wall dividing red and blue America
The U.S. supreme court’s upcoming decision to reverse Roe v Wade (an early draft of which has been leaked) doesn’t ban abortions; it leaves the issue to the states. As a result, it will put another...
View ArticleFor the Jan. 6 hearings, let’s salute the courage of Congresswoman Liz Cheney
To a large degree, the success of the hearings of the House Select Committee on the Jan. 6 insurrection will depend on the Wyoming Republican congresswoman and vice-chair of the committee, Liz Cheney....
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