Politics

Even Donald Trump Wants To Eliminate This Tax Loophole for the Rich, Yet Congress Won’t Do It

While dodging through this loophole, hedge fund staffers pay about half the tax rate that kindergarten teachers are assessed.

Jim Hightower

Asylum Seekers Face Kafkaesque Ordeal at U.S.-Mexico Border

Migrants have to choose between keeping their families together and finding safety.

John Washington

Sorry, Ms. Clinton: Outkast’s Big Boi Backs Bernie Sanders

But where Does Andre 3000 Stand?

Branko Marcetic

Jeremy Corbyn Is Already Pushing the Labour Party to Fight Inequality and Injustice

Despite a seemingly endless torrent of attacks and gossip, Corbyn is building a real alternative to politics as usual in the UK.

Jane Miller

Ralph Nader: The Incredible Vacuousness of the Race for the Republican Presidential Nomination

The mainstream media is complicit in the circusization of the Republican debates.

Ralph Nader

Bernie Sanders’ Refusal To Attack Hillary Clinton Isn’t Just Principled—It’s Political Genius

The democratic socialist is taking a stand by running a clean campaign, and it’s already making a big impact on the race for president.

Marc Daalder

The 1 Percent’s Houses Are Getting Bigger and Swankier While Average Americans Struggle To Make Rent

For a view of the inefficiencies of the free market, there's no clearer view than the U.S. housing market, where there are as many as 29 empty homes for every homeless person.

Rob Larson

NY Times Celebrates American Navy Pilots’ Dramatic Missions While Ignoring Iraqi Civilian Deaths

Reporter Helen Cooper won't let innocent civilian deaths get in the way of a "good" story.

Jim Naureckas

Let’s Be Real: Iran Has No Intention of Attacking Israel, with Nuclear Weapons or Anything Else

Despite doomsday warnings from American politicians, Iran has no serious intentions of attacking Israel or the West.

Marc Daalder

Why Radical Leftists Need To Stop Worrying and Back Bernie Sanders

Leftists can fantasize that they are doing a great service to humanity by scoffing at Bernie, but they’re merely isolating themselves from the rest of the country.

William Kaufman

The Wall Street Journal Wants You To Be Afraid of Bernie Sanders’ Budget Proposal. Don’t Be.

If anything, Bernie should be thinking bigger.

Doug Henwood

How U.S. Military Bases Abroad Jeopardize National Security

We are a "base nation," with soldiers and military bases circling the entire world.

David Vine

Meet the Group of African-American Organizers Building Black Support for Bernie Sanders

Will grassroots organizing within the black electorate be able to challenge Clinton’s hegemony?

Salim Muwakkil

Ten Thousand Is Not Enough: Why The U.S. Must Take More Syrian Refugees

Millions of Syrians have been forced from their homeland due to a conflict that we inflamed

Marc Daalder

Under Obama Administration, Federal Prosecution of White-Collar Crime Hits 20-Year Low

Prosecutions have fallen 36 percent since the Clinton years despite calls from Democratic presidential candidates for more pressure on Wall Street

David Sirota

Slavoj Zizek: We Can’t Address the EU Refugee Crisis Without Confronting Global Capitalism

The refugees won't all make it to Norway. Nor does the Norway they seek exist.

Slavoj Žižek

A New Plan for American Cities To Free Themselves of Wall Street’s Control

Arbitrary financial fees are sucking cities and states dry. But they can change the terms if they band together and bargain collectively.

Saqib Bhatti

Why Bernie Sanders Will Win This Election—Even If He Doesn’t Win the White House

American voters are mad as hell, and the rise of Sanders shows that they're not going to take it anymore.

Theo Anderson