All of America’s 607 Billionaires Must Run for President
For all intents and purposes, the United States is already run by its billionaires. They should care about us enough to make things official.
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Baghdadi Died, but the U.S. War on Terror Will Go on Forever
Baghdadi’s fall won’t even be the end of ISIS, let alone the war on terror.
Forged in Fire: California’s Lessons for a Green New Deal
Days before the anniversary of the deadly Camp Fire that killed 86 people, a community in California unveiled a plan to adopt its own Green New Deal.
Trump Says Native American Heritage Month Is Also for the White Men Who Stole Their Land
Commemorating the “founders” of America at the same time as Native Heritage Month adds insult to a long history of injury against Indigenous people.
Bernie Sanders Says Denying Aid Because of Hamas Is “Part of an Effort to Dehumanize Palestinians”
No other candidate in the U.S. presidential race comes close to Sanders in terms of his willingness to condition aid to Israel.
Ady Barkan: Elizabeth Warren’s Plan Is a Massive Win for the Medicare for All Movement
Regardless of who you support, you should celebrate this brilliant breakthrough.
Everyone Is Denouncing the Syrian Rebels Now Slaughtering Kurds. But Didn't the U.S. Once Support Some of Them?
It’s a lazy, cynical rewriting of history to pretend these groups have nothing to do with the U.S., or were never backed by the U.S., in their current form.
Here's How Easily New York Could Become the First Major U.S. City to End Solitary Confinement
There’s a blueprint for getting rid of solitary confinement that requires only a few basic steps from the mayor and city bureaucracies.
Democrats Want to be Economic Populists. Why Are They Clinging to a Flawed Reagan-Era Tax Credit?
Most Democratic candidates want to expand the Earned Income Tax Credit. But the EITC excludes the neediest Americans and may not live up to its promises.
Let’s Be Serious — Trump Doesn’t Mind These Incitements to Kill Journalists
The latest outrage is a video that depicts Trump killing journalists in a church. He hasn’t bothered to condemn it personally.