Should Twitter Suspend or Ban Trump?
Reading Time: 17 minutes President Donald Trump’s tweets often violate Twitter’s standards, but the company has taken no action to restrict or block them. A conversation with Mark Karlin and Russ Baker.
Labor Day: Art From the Great Depression
Reading Time: 5 minutes Paintings, drawings, and prints from a dynamic period when President Franklin D. Roosevelt saved America by putting people — including artists — back to work
Trump’s Kind of Labor Day
Reading Time: 5 minutes President Donald Trump wants to adjust capital gains for inflation, which would reduce taxes on the rich. Why hasn’t Congress done the same with the minimum wage, which inflation erodes every year?
Could Warren Turn a Supposed Weakness Into a Strength?
Reading Time: 4 minutes The political class has already identified Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D-MA) Achilles heel: an error in judgment she made when filling out a form three decades ago. How should she respond when President Donald Trump tries to make it a campaign issue?
That Awkward Three-Way-Race Feeling
Reading Time: 1 minute A poll this week showed the Democratic presidential campaign evolving into a three-way race between Joe Biden and progressive Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT). What are they thinking?
More Nasty Things in Your Water
Reading Time: 3 minutes For decades, PFAS Chemicals — used in making firefighting foam, non-stick pans, and fabric protectants — have been seeping into groundwater, rivers, lakes, and even into our bodies. Now what?
Climate Change: Tell Us Your Story
Reading Time: 2 minutes Are you already feeling the effects of the greatest threat facing our planet? Tell us about it!
The Epstein Story Is Not About Celebrities and Shiny Objects
Reading Time: 15 minutes An examination of why we should be outraged that justice is not being served in the Epstein case.
What Recent Court Rulings Mean for ‘Antiquated’ Electoral College
Reading Time: 6 minutes Five of the 45 US presidents won their election without winning the popular vote. A movement to institute a national popular vote aims to prevent that from happening again.
There Is Nothing ‘Organic’ About Animal Cruelty
Reading Time: 4 minutes An undercover investigation into an “organic” Texas dairy found horrific examples of livestock abuse. Now two nonprofits are demanding accountability and change.
Donald Trump, Hamilton’s Nightmare
Reading Time: 4 minutes A federal court ruling in favor of “faithless” electors may have come just in time. With his recent reckless comments, Trump reaffirms that he is precisely the sort of president the framers of the Constitution feared.
100 Years After Suffrage, Full Equality Eludes Women
Reading Time: 9 minutes Women in the US won the right to vote 100 years ago today. But they still have a long way to go before being equally represented in politics.
Epstein Death: Deep Digging Not Welcome in Corporate Media
Reading Time: 4 minutes Journalists are playing an important role in tamping down rumors and disinformation. But could they be suppressing legitimate inquiry at the same time?
Watch Your Back, Mr. Trump: It’s Miller Time!
Reading Time: 4 minutes When it comes to immigration, White House aide Stephen Miller is steering the ship of state. Is he outshining the president? We are asking the president in an open letter.
Nobody Will Bail Out Ordinary People When the Next Recession Hits
Reading Time: 1 minute Amid signs of a new recession looming, it’s worth remembering that regular people will suffer most.
What We Lose When the Elephants Go
Reading Time: 3 minutes Stunning facts about elephants, revealing great intelligence and depth of feeling, and videos showing them reacting to music as humans do. Elephants got rhythm!
Trump Even Screws Up Conspiracy Theories
Reading Time: 15 minutes Questioning accepted narratives is a healthy feature of an open society. But today’s conspiracists come without any evidence or sources — only a motive.
A Move Toward the Next Financial Crisis
Reading Time: 3 minutes Federal regulators are taking steps that could expose the world to another financial crisis, though most people won’t realize it until it is too late. We’ve seen this movie before.
Iran-US Crisis: The Six Angry Men Who Could Trigger War
Reading Time: 14 minutes US-Iran tensions over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program and its backing of foreign proxies has put the Middle East on edge. Are the hawks in Washington and hardliners in Tehran bent on conflict?
FL Dems Call for Gun Control Session Following El Paso Shooting
Reading Time: 5 minutes In Florida, Democrats hope that — in response to the El Paso massacre — people will be fed up with mass shootings and demand gun control.