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White Supremacy Set the Stage for Texas’ Miserable Disaster Response
Ted Cruz’s “let them eat cake” vacation to Cancun was a visible reminder of the cruelty of our political system — a system that rewards politicians propped up by corporate money, right-wing lies, and racist ideologies for blaming others and evadin ...[Read more]
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Biden Is Doubling Down on Trump’s Anti-China Cold War Policy
Beijing has accused the U.S. of perpetuating a Cold War mentality as President Joe Biden and senior administration officials shore up alliances in the Pacific region to counter China’s growing influence and increasingly describe the country as a geop ...[Read more]
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‘The Time Is Now to Go Forward’: Sanders Says Dems Can’t Waste Time Catering to Obstructionist GOP
Sen. Bernie Sanders, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, said Saturday that amid the immediate emergencies of climate change, Covid-19, mass unemployment, and homelessness, congressional Democrats cannot afford to dampen their infrastructure ambition ...[Read more]
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ACLU Urges Biden to Shut Down Detention Facilities ‘Used to Abuse and Traumatize Immigrants’
The ACLU is urging the Biden administration to shut down over three dozen Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities in light of decreasing numbers of people detained and human rights concerns. "The Biden administration was elected with a ma ...[Read more]
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Fascism’s Global Spread Is as Real as the Pandemic’s
When Mussolini and Hitler were still upstarts fighting to barge into the political mainstream in Italy and Germany, politicians of the left, center, and traditional right dismissed them as oddities who would either disappear or be absorbed into the parlia ...[Read more]
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Chomsky: Republicans Are Willing to Destroy Democracy to Retake Power
Today’s Republican Party is an extremist force that no longer qualifies as a mainstream political party and is surely not interested in participating in “normal” politics. In fact, today’s GOP is so wrapped around extreme and irrational beliefs th ...[Read more]
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Trump’s Jesus fascists worry experts following report on Christian GOP churches
'Truly Sick" Experts, journalists, and chroniclers of religious extremism are sounding alarm bells over a Washington Post exposé on "a growing Christian movement that is nondenominational, openly political and has become an engine of former president Don ...[Read more]
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Biden Upholds Last-Minute Trump Memo That Would Send 4,000 People Back to Prison
Marquez is one of over 4,000 people who were released from federal prison to home confinement under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to stem the spread of COVID-19 behind bars. The CARES Act prioritizes the release of people ...[Read more]
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Chris Hedges: How the American empire dug its own grave
The current American empire, damaged and humiliated by the troves of internal documents published by WikiLeaks, will, for this reason, persecute Julian Assange for the rest of his life. It does not matter who is president or which political party is in po ...[Read more]
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Treasury Finds Wealthiest 1 Percent Dodge Over $160 Billion in Taxes Yearly
The Treasury Department found taxes owed by the ultra rich equal all income taxes paid by the bottom 90 percent yearly. ...[Read more]
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31+ Great Iconic Photos from History
Over 31 great pictures portray rare and different moments from history like Titanic before sailing out, Elvis Presley in military, and Beatles before being famous. ...[Read more]
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