Donald Trump stumps up to the podium every day and makes a fool of himself. By Heather...
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A great deal of ink has been spilled exploring why these narratives are so appealing. Humans are...
Turning to the security industry isn’t the solution: it’s a symptom of the problem. The use of...
As the 2020 election season gets under way, activists are beginning to push back against voter disenfranchisement...
The poor face more obstacles in life. On the fundamental question of why some people are rich...
The GOP’s slavish groveling overrides – for once – its basic instinct for fear and panic. By...
This being the Trump era, we find ourselves engulfed in two realities. By Bill Moyers ANNOUNCER: Welcome...
People underestimated the two men and the damage they could do. To defeat Trump the main thing...
More states are mulling a permanent switch to DST. Proponents say that doing so could improve health,...
Any amateur politician can engage in lying. Trump is going further than that. He’s engaging in ‘post-truth’....
A lot of the pressure that leads college students to keep their views to themselves comes from...
Political conservatism, which once argued for objective truth, now relies on the broadest attack on truth that...
The first way to live in a fascist society is denial. By Umair Haque There’s a simple...
Since Trump took office, Iranians have held a more unfavorable view of the US. After the Trump...
The number of people who favor neither of the two major political parties in the U.S. has...
The U.S., seemingly with no awareness of its recent history with Iran, is led by an emotionally...
Some of the events highlight the differences between the nations’ views, but others present real opportunities for...
The current crisis might be averted, but the longer U.S. war with Iran continues. The United States...
Right-wing demagogues have been trumpeting its key elements of virulent nationalism, racial and religious intolerance, and militarism....
One of the best means of battling the cult of Trump is to continue to hammer away...
AG William Barr unleashed a stinging attack on one of the Religious Right’s favorite targets: secularism. Attorney...
Corruption and social inequality are indeed closely related and provide a source for popular discontent. By Finn...
Countering this level of cynicism won’t be easy. By Donald J. Fraser Cynicism is to democratic politics...
“Political polarization” has become almost a buzzword, deprived of real meaning, given how frequently it’s deployed in...
The GOP thinks its Ukraine fantasies are one more rung up the fool’s gold ladder of chaos....
History provides lessons on how to pit popular culture against Internet hate speech and racist propaganda. By...
When income inequality reaches the levels it has reached in the United States, the social fabric is...
What binds Trump’s extremely rich and economically struggling supporters together are their cynical beliefs about the motives...
Political disclosure laws, how donors get around them – and what to do about it. With the...
It’s time for a grassroots movement that both produces leaders and holds them accountable. Corruption. It’s a...