DIY Democracy
How do you get something done right? Do it yourself! Introducing “DIY Democracy.” What do the workaday majority of Americans want their lawmakers working on? Check any legitimate … Read more
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Monopoly or Democracy? You Can’t Have Both
Lovers of monopoly are waging all out corporate class war on American people — and they’re winning. America’s political history has been written in the fierce narrative of … Read more
Examining the Kochtopus
The super-rich Koch brothers want to supplant America’s will of The People with their own plutocracy. The multibillionaire Charles and David Koch brothers want nothing less than to … Read more
How Low Can the Barons of High Finance Go on Student Debt?
Betsy DeVos should not be conspiring with fast-buck educational exploiters of student debt. Question: What do you get when you combine ignorance, ideological know-nothingism, imperiousness and incompetence? Answer: … Read more
Activism Is the Only Hope of Restoring America’s Democratic Principles
Good ol’ activism can unite us in the ethic of the common good. The list of progressive innovations at the grassroots level goes on and on, dealing with … Read more
Uncle Sam Says He’s Dying
The world’s oldest democracy, and its main avatar, Uncle Sam, may be dead by 2020. NYC — America, the world’s oldest democracy, announced via Uncle Sam today that … Read more
Augustus Trumpus
Trump is the American Putin, whom none dare criticize, for fear of retribution. All hail Augustus Trumpus! All hail the American Putin, whom none can criticize! All hail … Read more
If it Qualified for the Ballot, “None of the Above” Would’ve Won the Election in a Landslide
Who are these so-called Undecideds we keep hearing about in this election? Some of the great eternal questions are “What is the sound of one hand clapping.” “If … Read more
Free Comic Book: ‘The Best Democracy Money Can Buy’
Greg Palast is now offering the movie companion comic book, “The Best Democracy Money Can Buy,” free. Greg Palast, investigative reporter, has a new movie out, The Best … Read more
Laboratories of Democracy
The states are supposed to be laboratories of democracy, not strongholds of plutocratic power. In a 1932 dissenting opinion, Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis noted that the benefit … Read more
