
Trump speech in four words: Lies, hate, fear, repeat
In his speech last night, Trump tossed lies, hate, distortions, and fear-mongering harder than Jake Arrieta throws his four-seam fastball.

With Trump, the GOP is letting its racism all hang out
Throughout the convention, speaker after speaker sneeringly demeaned attempts to address racism as efforts to conform to arbitrary "political correctness."

Trump’s acceptance speech: “Be afraid; be very afraid”
Some said he was appealing to the worst instincts of white workers who have legitimate grievances and reasons to be dissatisfied with the government.

Latino panel says GOP is driving minorities away
"The Republican Party has done nothing to reach out to them, even though in 2012 the leadership of the GOP vowed to make it more inclusive."

GOP Convention nurtures nonsense, but outside, people talk issues
Inside the Republican National Convention, Donald Trump made himself "grate again" on our nerves.

"We can't go back": Call to organize from Eric Garner's mother
The following is an exclusive article written for the Peoples World by Gwen Carr, the mother of Eric Garner; Garner was slain by police two years ago on the streets of Staten Island.

Trump convention an intentional roll-out of falsehoods by the right
Donald Trump is basing his presidential campaign on the image of himself he has invented rather than on the policies and programs he has developed.

Republicans descend on Cleveland under the shadow of Baton Rouge
Cleveland's airport welcomes visitors to the 2016 Republican National Convention; at the convention itself, the wheels fall off the welcome wagon.

Trump and Pence: “A perfect storm of GOP extremism”
It doesn't really matter who among the three men on his short list Donald Trump picks for vice president - they're all interchangeable members of the same right wing gang.

Eight Orlandoans arrested at Rubio’s office for sit-in against gun violence
What was intended to be a 49-hour sit-in for at Senator Marco Rubio's downtown office on Monday was cut short by police.

