January 2018

Art is a Hammer

Why Some Students Fail

Do the Poor Deserve Health Care? These Politicians Say No

The Trials of Africa and the Real Dr. King They Want Us to Forget

Mental Illness Weaponry and Shrink Hypocrisy About Abolishing Stigma

Terror in the Name of God

Trump & the Fed: US Shadow Bankers About to Deepen Control of US Economy

Concerning Our Endless Quest for Self-Improvement 

Robots Can Stand the Heat

Gov. Brown, Meet Mr. Keynes

The Co-Optation of the African National Congress: South Africa’s Original ‘State Capture’

Creating an Empire of Graveyards?

China’s Dementia Challenge

The War on Dissent

Donald Trump Heads to the Magic Mountain

Privatizing the IRS

The Grin in the Fog

Emmanuel Macron’s Neoliberal Blitzkrieg

DNC Chair Tom Perez, the Democratic Party’s Grim Metaphor

Look for Rate Cuts in Your Auto/Homeowner’s Insurance Coming Soon

Solar Import Tariff: Pain Without Benefit

Truth or Treason? Dirty Secrets of the Korean War

When Pussy Riot Rocked Russia

Capitalist Fluctuation and the Partisan Presidential Praise and Blame Game

The Trump Base One Year Out

The Violently Familiar

Noir Returns to San Francisco Roots

Hugh Masekela: No Room for Compromise

The Empty Vessel Makes the Loudest Sound

50 Cent, Bitcoin and the New Gospel of Wealth

The Billionaire Boom: 82% of Global Wealth Produced Last Year Went to Richest 1%

Jackson Rising: At Last, a Real Strategic Plan

Shutdown as Shakedown

How Trump is Making the Middle East a Cruel

Trump’s Draft Nuclear Posture Review Degrades National Security

Finally, Some Good News for Labor

Why Tax Cuts Don’t Spur Economic Growth

Elections in Latin America in 2018: a Preview of Four Cases

Brazil’s Democracy Pushed Toward the Abyss

“Show Me Your Papers!” Roundups, Checkpoints and National ID Card

Bye, Bye, FBI? The Case for Disbanding the Federal Frankenstein’s Monster

Democrats Have Hijacked the anti-Trump Resistance

Jane Goodall on Instinct

Why is the Israeli Army Finally Worried About Gaza?

Betting the Earth on a Game of Wrap-Cut-Smash

Germany, Israel, Palestine, Neo-Nazis, Refugees, Roger Waters, BDS, and “Antisemitism”: Very Complicated

How the Mass Media Misread the Iranian Protests

The U.S. Foreign Policy Elite Still Wants the Middle East for Its Oil and Its Strategic Location

Me Too’s Misguided Pursuit of Equality: Drop the Spirit of Vengeance and Defend Dignity Instead

Blackwater Founder Erik Prince on “Shithole Countries”