Opinion
For panicking capitalists, resuming profit flow trumps everything
March 25, 2020Public health experts are united in advising Americans: “Keep your ass at home.” Trump’s panicky insistence on sabotaging that strategy is more than just ignorance and irresponsibility. It’s not the “economy” in general he’s in a...
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Can Democrats widen their appeal to embrace rural working-class America?
March 23, 2020It would certainly go a long way toward addressing the increasingly severe class stratifications in our society and working-class issues overall.
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World faces virus and new Great Depression, Trump cries “Poor me!”
March 23, 2020States, hospitals, and the feds are all in competition for supplies, but Trump won't break the golden rule of capitalism: Don't touch the free market.
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The worst possible person to put in charge of coronavirus response: Mike Pence
March 4, 2020The Trump administration seems to be dealing with COVID-19 more as a PR issue than a public health one.
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Political pundits’ misinformation attacks on Sanders sabotage democracy
March 3, 2020These voices are more interested in spinning reality to promote their own ideological predilections than inaccurately reporting voters' opinions.
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