Obama, Trump and the new racism of the right
From Oklahoma's Sally Kern to Donald Trump, it would appear that the party of Lincoln has become the party of John Wilkes Booth.
GOP budget would shift the country sharply to the right
President Obama got it right when he said the Republican Party's goal is about "changing the basic social compact in America." Politics, however, does not begin at the top.
Republicans reverse Robin Hood
The famed Robin Hood and his men fought to take from the rich to help the poor. Today we see the top 2 percent, the rich capitalist class, doing the opposite.
A real "moment of truth"
There is another way to turn around the annual deficit and ultimately eliminate the national debt.
A question of values
It is important to take a look at them and their Republican cohorts to see what they are up to and what they really want.
They cry wolf too many times
Andrew Breitbart: remember him? Now he's also turned his greasy rightwing eye on the Communist Party.
“The sky is falling! The sky is falling!”
No, it's not Chicken Little, the children's fable about a chicken who believes the world is coming to an end. It's the Republicans and their tea party pals.
Budget showdown outrage
The Republicans are playing a dangerous game, and anyone who thinks it's "all under control" should consider consuming a stiff drink as soon as possible.
It’s not just Wisconsin: a nationwide counteroffensive is emerging
It is fair to say a new phase of a struggle is afoot, in which labor and its allies could turn the tables decisively in their favor.
Defending public radio and TV is a working-class issue
The ultra-right leadership of the House of Representatives has decisively moved to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, public radio and public television. They argue that "conservative taxpayers" should not have to "subsidize liberal media."
