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2018: The Year in Review

2018 Review

Steve Hochstadt: 2018 was a pretty good year for normal working Americans, because the economic number that matters most, the minimum wage, is heading upwards.

By Steve Hochstadt posted on January 9, 2019

Women of Color Are Here to Make Congress Great Again

Aimee Allison: This squad of bold women of color is arriving in the nation’s capital on the people’s steam, not on the coattails of establishment Democrats.

By Aimee Allison posted on January 7, 2019

The Regency: Government by Minders

Regency

John Peeler: Confronted with the threat that his base would abandon him if he failed to Build the Wall, Trump (in Mark Shields’ memorable words) “folded like a $2.00 suitcase.”

By John Peeler posted on January 6, 2019

Rashida Tlaib Sticks to Guns

Rashida Tlaib

Berry Craig: In white-folks-MAGA-land, Tlaib had three strikes against her to start with: She’s a woman of color, a Muslim and a liberal Democrat.

By Berry Craig posted on January 6, 2019

Death to the D.I.Y. Society

Do It Yourself

Ted Rall: Since the 1970s corporate efficiency experts have burdened American consumers with a constantly expanding galaxy of tasks that businesses used to perform for them: “shadow work”—labor imposed on you that you’re not conscious of.

By Ted Rall posted on January 3, 2019

The Trump Year of Living Dangerously

trump Living Dangerously

Charles Jaco: 2019 will be the year that determines whether the rule of law and the Constitution are strong enough to boot an unstable criminal from office

By Charles Jaco posted on January 3, 2019

The Green New Deal Promises Peace and Progress. Will Nuclear Advocates Undermine It?

Green New Deal Promises Peace

Harvey “Sluggo” Wasserman: The environmental policy centerpiece of the incoming Democratic House of Representatives has ignited tremendous grassroots enthusiasm.

By Harvey Wasserman posted on January 1, 2019

Welcome to 2019!

Welcome to 2019

Lance Simmens: We are currently on the wrong path. We must not adhere to the doctrine of America first, but instead allow humanity, compassion and empathy to spearhead America’s leadership doctrine.

By Lance Simmens posted on December 31, 2018

Why Conservatives Stress All the Wrong Things

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Walter G. Moss: An emphasis on moral education, if the right type of morality is taught, is not far from the wishes of the Founding Fathers.

By Walter G. Moss posted on December 30, 2018

The French Yellow Vests: A Self-Mobilized Mass Movement with Insurrectionist Overtones

French Yellow Vests

Kevin B. Anderson: Not since the near revolution of 1968 has France—or any of the so-called Western capitalist countries—witnessed anything like this, a massive, spontaneous, nationwide series of militant demonstrations that not only gained majority support, but also managed to block some crucial parts of the economy.

By Kevin Anderson posted on December 30, 2018

Crazy Lady on the Bus

Crazy Lady on the Bus

Johnny Townsend: “In the past twenty years, I’ve waited at bus stops at least an hour and a half every day. Do the math. That means I’ve spent more than an entire year just waiting for the bus.”

By Johnny Townsend posted on December 30, 2018

End-of-the-Year Agita: Noblesse Oblige, Tax Reform, and Charitable Giving

Noblesse Oblige

Frank Fear: Today, the nonprofit sector is an industry, more akin to corporate America than to ‘the cause work’ that typified the sector when I started my career in the 1970s. It’s a business today, plain and simple.

By Frank Fear posted on December 29, 2018

George H.W. Bush: Dirty Tricks and Regime Change in Nuclear-Free Palau

George Bush Dirty Tricks

Ed Rampell: MSM’s non-stop hagiography of the one term 41st president suggested those lines from “Home On the Range”: “Where seldom is heard a discouraging word. And the skies are not cloudy all day.”

By Ed Rampell posted on December 28, 2018

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Trump Makes Dubya Look Smart

To Brits, Trump Makes Dubya Look Smart

Lance Simmens: “He has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed.”





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LA County Construction Vote

L.A. Jail Vote: Wrong Side of History

Peter Laarman: Everyone in the auditorium on today could smell the bad faith in the comments of supervisors Barger, Hahn, and Ridley Thomas.

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Jim Lafferty: The pro-Israeli lobby is rapidly losing its propaganda campaign aimed at silencing those who dare to criticize the bad behavior of the Israel government.

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Daffa Zaky: Probably the number 1 thing you need to understand is to learn the basics first. Forex markets can grow complex as you invest more in the market.

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