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Backward American Capitalism (and Trump) Are Getting Electrical Vehicles All Wrong

The dirty fossil fuel industry keeping gas-powered vehicles on the road are like the horse-and-buggy companies of 1902, which laughed at Henry...

yesterday 9

Juan Cole

Instacart, Stop Using American Shoppers as Lab Rats During an Affordability Crisis

The grocery delivery app is conducting large-scale, hidden pricing experiments on unsuspecting shoppers to determine just how much money they can...

yesterday 10

Lindsay Owens

What Mess Will Trump Have Made of the USA by 2029?

If he simply persists in his policies for another 37 months, his impact on the American version of a world order will undoubtedly prove so profound...

yesterday 9

Alfred W. Mccoy

The Morbidly Rich Have Killed the American Dream

The promise that if you work hard and play by the rules, you will get ahead, or if you don’t, surely your children will, was broken long ago. But...

yesterday 8

John Miller

JD Vance Is Wrong: DEI Is Not What’s Dividing America—He Is

In the America that Vance envisions, people are only judged for "who they are"—unless they’re immigrants, transgender, women, Muslims, or people of...

yesterday 10

Jordan Liz

The Story of Christmas Is About the Poor Overcoming the Powerful

In Jesus’ own words, Christianity is a faith where the first shall be last and the last shall be first. It is meant not for the rich, the...

previous day 7

James Zogby

What Holiday Magic Teaches Us About Resisting Authoritarianism

This holiday season, let us embrace the art of ambiguity as a form of resistance.

previous day 4

Emese Ilyés

In Dark Times Like These, Lifting Up Signs of Hope Is More Important Than Ever

Despite this despicable year, those fighting for a more egalitarian world can find bright spots to build on.

previous day 4

Sarah Anderson

Trump Isn’t Planning to Invade Venezuela. He’s Planning Something Worse

Rather than launching a military invasion that would provoke public backlash and congressional scrutiny, Trump is doubling down on something more...

previous day 5

Michelle Ellner

Whose Narrative Will Shape the Future of Palestine?

As long as the pro-Palestine narrative lacks the tools to enforce its principles, Israel and its Western backers will see no reason to alter course.

wednesday 5

Ramzy Baroud

In Trump's Economy, Santa Claus Only Comes for the Billionaires

The Republican playbook is as dastardly as it is familiar: shower the rich with tax giveaways, spike the federal debt, and then demand working...

wednesday 4

Thom Hartmann

What Christmas Once Meant—and What It Could Mean Again for a Divided America

Christmas, once a time to gather, reflect, and renew our obligations to one another, and the social rituals that once cultivated empathy and...

wednesday 20

Martina Moneke

Has TrumpWorld Replaced SportsWorld?

Who really needs a Super Bowl after Trump’s mob of fans attacked the Capitol on January 6, 2021, and were rewarded with a ticker-tape parade of...

wednesday 4

Robert Lipsyte

Can We Cure Ourselves of the Deadly Viruses of Greed and Militarism?

The sicknesses that caused the Iraq War and the Wall Street crash are alivSocial Scheduling e and well in American society, mutating from...

wednesday 9

Jeff Vogel

Memo to Trump: Wind Power Is Freedom Power

The decision to halt new wind projects should leave no doubt in anyone’s mind as to who this administration actually cares about. Hint: It’s not...

wednesday 7

Sabine Von Mering

Congress Must Review an Autonomous Weapons Deal Between UAE and US Companies

There is a serious concern that these autonomous weapons could end up in the arms of the UAE-backed militia and regimes in the Middle East, which...

23.12.2025 10

Mohamed Suliman

Wowza: Food Fight Clean-Up In Wingnut Aisle 47

In what was dubbed a "grievance Olympics," "conference of clowns" and "Wrestlemania with Podcasters," the noxious mucky-mucks of MAGA assembled for...

23.12.2025 10