Frank Fear: How many of these ‘aging superstars’ are unwilling to step out of the spotlight?
Election Reform
Election Reform
An Open Letter to the Green Party About 2020 Election Strategy
Wouldn’t Trump out of office much less Sanders or Warren in office not only benefit all humanity and a good part of the biosphere to boot, but also the Green Party?
The Biggest Political Party in America You’ve Never Heard Of
Robert Reich: Non-voters — those Americans eligible to vote but don’t — are in effect America’s biggest political party. Unless we work to reverse this trend, they could decide the next election.
The Energizer Bernie and the Power Behind Him
Norman Solomon: Much of the energy behind the Sanders campaign is generated by what corporate media outlets often criticize or mock—Bernie’s consistency as he keeps denouncing massive income inequality and corporate power.
How GOP State Legislators Purge Voters Right and Left
Buddy Bell: Republican state officials around the country are maneuvering to enact policies that would likely depress the vote of poor people, students, and people of color
Hijacking the Struggles of Others, Elizabeth Warren Style
Kathleen Wallace: Now she has reinvented herself as a populist, but won’t even talk out against Biden, the man from Creditcardlandia. She’s a promiscuous virgin, a carnivorous vegan.
What the Warren-Sanders Skirmish Risks
Progressives cannot afford to give any more aid and comfort to the forces behind corporate contenders Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg, or the plutocratic $54 billion man Michael Bloomberg waiting in the wings.
What Did Des Moines Prove?
WJ Astore: He has the best chance of defeating Trump, but his dedication to people over corporations and profits makes him an anathema to establishment Democrats.
Winnowing the Democratic Field
Steve Hochstadt: It’s been confusing, but delightful to see so many serious and skilled people with the most diverse identities making a serious run at the Presidency.
Marianne Williamson Is the Canary in the Coal Mine for American Democracy
CK Sanders: The take down strategy? “Operation: Mock, Reject & Omit.” This was a master hit job — cruel, relentless and paid for until victorious.
Big Data, Big Oil and White Supremacy: Unveiling the Dark Forces Behind Trump’s 2020 Reelection Campaign
Reynard Loki: In his new solo performance piece “The Truth Has Changed,” the “Gasland” director Josh Fox raises an alarm: The Democrats are ill-prepared for Trump’s oncoming misinformation campaign.
How Democratic Corporatism and ‘the Madness of Militarism’ Go Together
Norman Solomon: Eager to hedge their bets, Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg have offered merely tactical critiques of President Trump’s decision to kill Qassim Suleimani.
Americans Want Free Stuff!
William J. Astore: Bernie Sanders is the only candidate who truly gets how rigged our system is — how it’s become an oligarchy, even a kleptocracy, that favors the richest and most powerful among us.
