This movie was released last year but can now be streamed online. It’s one of the best summaries of a growing problem we have in this country that is totally solvable.
By Ruth Rosen, Open Democracy
As the 2014 midterm elections loom on the horizon, American Republicans fear they may lose a sizable female vote because they have spent the last eight years vilifying women and voting against their major concerns.… Read more »
One of the worst epithets that can be leveled at a politician these days is to call him a “redistributionist.” Yet 2013 marked one of the biggest redistributions in recent American history. It was a redistribution upward, from average working … Read more »
By CORAL DAVENPORT
WASHINGTON — As a young naval officer in Vietnam, John Kerry commanded a Swift boat up the dangerous rivers of the Mekong Delta. But when he returned there last month as secretary of state for the first … Read more »
Original Cheerios, one of America’s favorite breakfast cereals, will now be GMO-free. In a major move, General Mills posted on its website today that original Cheerios are no longer made with genetically modified ingredients.
The company explains that the oats … Read more »
By Sen. Bernie Sanders, Reader Supported News
With minimum wages set to go up on New Year’s Day in Vermont and 12 other states, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today renewed his call for an increase in the federal minimum … Read more »
By Sarah van Gelder, YES! Magazine
Beyond the headlines of conflict and catastrophe, this year’s top stories offered us some powerful proof that the world can still change – for the better.
There was something almost apocalyptic about 2013. Typhoon … Read more »
The NRA says arming more adults will protect kids—but most are killed at home, our investigation shows, often with unsecured guns.
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By Charles Pierce, Esquire
There were three less-acknowledged, and obviously weaker, intellectual pillars supporting the Affordable Care Act. One was that republican governors would accept the Medicaid expansion because, free money! We have seen how well that worked out. The … Read more »
By Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone
Through gerrymandering, voter suppression and legislative tricks, the GOP has managed to hold on to power while more and more Americans reject their candidates and their ideas.
As the nation recovers from the Republican shutdown … Read more »
