Martin Shkreli's greed knows no end. Bernie Sanders is the only candidate...
Meet Martin Shkreli.He's kind of like the realDonaldTrump of pharmaceutical executives, except Donald Trump is probably the more humane of the two, as he would call for raising taxes on this former...
View ArticleAmerican Supreme Court bans corporate political financing of elections
Fantastic news:"The influence of economic power culminates by turning the electoral process into a political game of marked cards, an odious pantomime that turns the voter into a puppet, crumbling in...
View ArticleOklahoma will execute a (quite possibly) innocent man on Wednesday. It's time...
No need to visit Saudi Arabia, North Korea or China -- the United States has its own rogue state content to execute citizens based on dubious evidence. It's called Oklahoma.And, on Wednesday, if...
View ArticleWe can't fix U.S. gun violence until we address the psychosis at the heart of...
What happened on Thursday was incredibly tragic. So, again, we'll have thousands and thousands of journalists compete to offer "hot takes" on quick fixes to the gun violence problem in America. We'll...
View ArticleDoes this Silvio Berlusconi campaign advertisement remind you of anyone?
Even as (real) Donald Trump continues to maintain a strong lead in a variety of polls, many Americans continue to dismiss his becoming president as completely beyond the realm of imagination.Really?...
View ArticleChanneling Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton calls for end to private,...
At a meeting with Deray McKesson and BlackLivesMatter movement leaders today, Hillary Clinton has apparently come out against the private, for-profit prison industry. (Although she is apparently...
View ArticleBlack Lives Matter activists disappointed by Hillary Clinton's understanding...
Michael Brown, Sandra Bland, Walter Scott -- and many, many others -- we know their names, and, if we weren't aware before, we now know that America's problem with police brutality and violence against...
View ArticleThis video -- from Sweden in 1982 -- will convince you Bernie is right about...
In 1982, Olof Palme -- former leader of Sweden's Social Democratic Party -- spoke about what made him a socialist.(Click the gear symbol to turn on the English subtitles. H/t to Matt Bruenig.)I was...
View ArticleThey think it's a game: greedy health insurers plan to keep premiums low by...
In America, health insurers -- members of an "industry" best defined with obscenities -- apparently think it's a game.Yes, they think your health, your wellbeing, your finances, are a game -- a game of...
View ArticleUltra-wealthy Hillary donors label Bernie supporters as "naive" and...
While I respect Hillary Clinton for her accomplishments, I do not respect her millionaire donors -- pushing their special interests ahead of the public interest.Politico published an interesting window...
View ArticleBernie hasn't discussed this feature of Danish political economy yet. If he...
Last night Anderson Cooper had his fun getting a dig in at Bernie with a cute debate about capitalism, and Bernie responded as we might have predicted: listing all the nice goodies in the Danish...
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The United States has the world's poorest middle class
Yes, but is anyone here really surprised?The Washington Post is out with some important charts incorporating data from the Credit Suisse Research Institute, which releases an annual report on global...
View ArticleBernie Sanders versus Hillary Clinton on #FightFor15 in two tweets
Some things are just bizarre. First things first, Bernie has consistently argued for a nationwide $15/hour minimum wage. In contrast, Hillary has settled for $12/hour.So, today, as fast food, care...
View ArticleIn wake of Paris attacks, Italy pledges to spend a euro on culture for every...
Could you ever imagine this policy being taken seriously in the United States?Check out this pledge— in the wake of the Paris attacks — from Italy’s Social Democratic Prime Minister Matteo Renzi: They...
View ArticleHillary's fundraising bundler lobbies for the Geo Group. This is what Geo...
It’s no secret that the same folks who defend the private prison industry are also defending Hillary Clinton’s campaign.Richard Sullivan, of the lobbying firm Capitol Counsel, is a bundler for the...
View ArticleThis news from France will help you understand just what a raw deal Americans...
Sometimes — ok, most of the time — we need to look outside our borders to understand just how rough working Americans have it when we talk social welfare. Well, I hope you are sitting down. Enter some...
View ArticleHillary Clinton: Gangs of kids are "super predators" with "no conscience, no...
I’ll keep this pretty short. Honestly, just watch the video.Is Hillary Clinton really the kind of candidate who will rally progressives and the black community behind her when she refers to urban youth...
View ArticleThis 13-year old in a hoodie refused to put down a toy gun when surrounded by...
...but only because he was playing with the toy gun in a Verona, Italy park and not the United States of America. Read this:A boy wearing a hooded top and playing with a toy gun in a public garden in...
View ArticleDesperate Clinton Press Secretary Brian Fallon refers to Bernie as "Socialist...
If attacking single-payer — the health care policy Bill Clinton said would save taxpayers $1 trillion/year in 2011 — is not enough for Team Hillary and its small-minded press secretary, Brian Fallon,...
View ArticleMassive tuberculosis outbreak in Alabama highlights need for Bernie Sanders'...
Last night, Bernie Sanders attracted an overflow crowd to hear him speak in Birmingham, Alabama. For a so-called “democratic socialist,” this was an amazing sight.xSome people told me Alabama was a...
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