Post Office Privatization Is Not an Option
The forces of privatization would like you to believe the Postal Service is broke — it’s not. Unable to find a fatal flaw in our far-flung public mail … Read more
Jim Hightower
Beware of the Real Gremlins This Season
The real spine-chilling gremlins of the season are the office-seeking politicians of the extreme right, demanding votes on Election Day. As we enter another long season of direful … Read more
A Bawdyhouse of Bad Right-Wing Ideas, Including Big Fees on Public Protests
Latest right-wing atrocity would snuff out your Constitutional right to free speech and assembly by putting an exorbitant fee on public protests. Ideally, elections are about ideas. In … Read more
Front-Porch Politics: Everyone Wants Populist Reforms
A People’s Action report highlights universal desire for real populist reform. If you despair that a mysterious plague of incurable political knuckleheadism has swept our country, turning previously … Read more
What If We Made Voting Fun?
If we made voting fun, including making it a holiday, participation would go way up. At last, here comes Tuesday, Nov. 6: Time to vote! But we don’t … Read more
Why Are Republicans So Quiet About Their Chief Economic Accomplishment?
There’s an eerie silence from Trumpeteers about their trillion-dollar tax giveaway to corporate elites. Listen … Can you hear it? Listen to the eerie “sound of silence” from … Read more
How Far-Out Is Trump’s War Policy?
“It is time for this war in Afghanistan to end,” says a general. But what is the Trump war policy? War is hell. We’ve learned that over and … Read more
Gentrification Begets Gentrification
Gentrification is a function of power, not economic inevitability. Gentrification is a function of power, not natural law or economic inevitability. It occurs when wealthy, politically connected interests … Read more
Will You Win the ‘Throw Your Money at Amazon’ Sweepstakes?
How much are you paying Amazon? No, not how much did you spend online… How much are you paying Amazon? I don’t mean how much you’re shelling out … Read more
Celebrating Labor Day
As we observe Labor Day, let us remember the economy is not working for the laborers (white and blue collar) of America. Workers of America, rejoice! As our … Read more
