Articles on US politics, culture, economy, etx.
They wrote the US Constitution for contingencies exactly like this. On the one hand, there is Bernie Sanders. Free higher public education? End “Citizens United” to “take the money out of politics”? Change […]
(“Burning Country” by Robin Yasmin-Kassab and Leila al-Shami provides a vital description of the events surrounding the ongoiong Syrian revolution. Written from a ground-level point of view, it provides a glimpse of what […]
If the stories are to be believed, Stanislav Petrov is not a model citizen. He allegedly stole a car and led police on a wild chase, only to be cornered in an […]
The interim police chief in Chicago, Eddie Johnson, claims he’s never witnessed police misconduct. “I’ve actually never encountered police misconduct, cause you got to understand, officers that commit misconduct don’t do it […]
Historically, both main capitalist parties have governed based on relative stability. But consider the perspectives for the next president: President Trump? The fact that Trump has gotten this far has shocked the Republican Party tops […]
Is Donald Trump a fascist? That’s what’s being said, even in an article in Newsweek back in July. And there are the numerous stories of his having opponents roughed up at his […]
When the capitalist class in a country sends that country into war, they always whip up a war fever, jingoist hysteria, mass hatred and blood thirsty attitudes. That blood lust only dies down […]
Chaos and candidates shout over each other, calling each other names while the moderator is completely sidelined and reduced to begging the contestants “gentleman, please”. If Hollywood had produced a film about […]
January 20, 2017. Dozens of people were injured and over 100 arrested as protesters clashed with Trump supporters and police at the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump, who becomes the 45 president. […]
Feb. 25, 2016 Returning to the site of the so-called Orangeburg Massacre of 1968 in which three students were killed and 27 wounded by police at the historically black South Carolina State […]
