Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ “Between 1999 and 2013, white middle-aged men and women in the United States, especially those with only a high school education, began dying at a s... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ “Each of the Republican candidates for the presidency declared last week that we should deal with school shootings by providing aggressive tr... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ “The reason Sanders is unlikely to win the nomination for president is because only 31% of Americans “react positively” to the word socialism... Read more
“The most important thing each of us can do is to try even harder to see the world through our neighbors’ eyes. To imagine what it is like to walk in their shoes, t... Read more
“Instead of raising the bar in pursuit of objectivity, the current working group doubled down on its 2007 summary: It unfurls a series of distortions designed to magnify the threats, i... Read more
“People believe what they want to believe because the guy who made this was so good that it’s real to everybody. Now who’s the master, the painter or the forger?”... Read more
“One of the most remarkable things about us is also one of the easiest to overlook: each time we collide with the real, we deepen our understanding of the world and become more fully a part... Read more
For preventing the poor, wage workers, the un-gentrified and Mother Nature from being a burden on the Alpha class of the country and for making them beneficial to the publick. “I have... Read more
Published on http://www.truth-out.org The closer your political platform gets to allowing everyone to do as they want and at the same time pointing out and berating what’s interfering... Read more
The New Treasure Island for Investors “This government’s [England] whole strategy for higher education is, in the cliché it so loves to use, to create a level playing field that... Read more
The longest-serving Senate leader is relinquishing his post in the next Congress and planning to use his influence in ways that could put him at odds with President-elect Donald J. Trump. [...]
Natalie Harp, a 33-year-old former anchor on a right-wing cable show, is poised to become the gatekeeper for information to and from the president. [...]
Steve Witkoff’s involvement with two sovereign wealth funds as he bought and then sold Manhattan’s Park Lane Hotel demonstrates the potential conflicts his new role will present. [...]
The president-elect has named wealthy financiers for key economic positions, raising questions about how much they will follow through on promises to help the working class. [...]
Donald J. Trump is set to regain office without clarity on the scope of presidential immunity and with a lingering cloud over whether outside special counsels can investigate high-level wrongdoing. [...]
The administration is pressing the World Anti-Doping Agency to allow an outside audit after it failed to suspend Chinese swimmers for positive tests. [...]
