US politics

John Oliver | (Last Week Tonight) | (HBO Video) | – – “Our main story was about Donald Trump. We can’t believe we’re saying that either.” Last Week Tonight: “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Donald Trump (HBO)”

journalism

MSNBC Sidelines Melissa Harris-Perry, hires Cruz Campaign Figure fired for Lying

contributors

Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola & and Jimmy Dore | (The Young Turks Video Report) | – – “Melissa Harris Perry walked off of MSNBC, and said they had been pre-empting her every week. MSNBC proceeded to hire a disgraced liar freshly fired from the Ted Cruz campaign. Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola (ThinkTank), and Jimmy Dore […]

Bill of Rights

Best Movie of 2016: Michael Moore skewers US Inequality in “Where to Invade Next”

contributors

By George Lakey | ( Waging Nonviolence ) | – – Many fields of endeavor have what they call “best practices,” and self-respecting workers look for those. I wouldn’t expect Michael Moore to focus there, since his films delight in blistering attacks on capitalism, the U.S. healthcare system and gun culture. That’s why I was […]

Bernie Sanders

On Eve of Super Tuesday: Can Bernie Sanders outmaneuver Democratic Party Corporatism?

contributors

By Arun Gupta | ( TeleSur | – – Bernie Sanders has the ideas and passion, but his campaign has run smack into the deep state backing Hillary Clinton. Bernie Sanders supporters are understandably frustrated about the 2016 primary. He essentially tied Hillary Clinton in Iowa, trounced her in New Hampshire, and gave her a […]

African-Americans

In Dem Race, African-American women could be decisive on Super Tuesday

contributors

By Evelyn M. Simien | (The Conversation) | – – As the Democratic nominating contest speeds up, African-American voters – especially women – have some tough, and influential, choices to make . . . As someone who has been researching this topic for the last 15 years, I believe both candidates are attractive to African-American […]

Environment

New Resignation Calls: MI Gov. Snyder’s Aides Knew Flint Water Was Toxic in 2014: “Scary”

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By Nika Knight, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org) | – – New emails reveal that top advisers knew about problems with Flint water as far back as 2014, reinvigorating calls that ‘the Governor must resign’ “At worst [Governor Snyder has] been lying all along and at best he’s the worst manager on the planet. Under […]

Latinos

Poll: Trump Barely Has Any Support Among Latinos

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TeleSur | – – According to a new poll, more than 80 percent of all Latinos in the U.S. view Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump unfavorably. The popularity of United States Republican presidential Donald Trump, who is leading in the race to the nomination, has been tanking in recent months within the Latino community across […]

Featured

Rubio’s 7 Fallacies on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In last night’s Republican debate co-sponsored by Telemundo, billionaire bigot Donald Trump, usually a resident of Mars, briefly came back to earth long enough to suggest he could broker a deal between the Israelis and the Palestinians by being even-handed. It is not a matter, he […]

Drone Warfare

Money Pit: America’s Forever War in Mideast has Gained us What, Exactly?

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Tom Engelhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) | It may be hard to believe now, but in 1970 the protest song “War,” sung by Edwin Starr, hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. That was at the height of the Vietnam antiwar movement and the song, written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong, became something of a […]