As Trump Reminds Us, We Have H...

Nov 28, 2016 by

As Trump Reminds Us, We Have Had the WMSVD Disease for Ages: It Is Time We Fight It Head On

[Translate] Election 2016 Donald Trump’s victory represents something as old as the nation itself. By Frank Joyce / AlterNet Donald...

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How Do We Overcome Polluted Pu...

Nov 26, 2016 by

How Do We Overcome Polluted Public Discourse When Climate Deniers Are Now in Charge?

[Translate] Environment The challenge is to improve conversations and create positive change in an age of online bickering,...

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NOAM CHOMSKY: THOSE WHO FAILED...

Nov 25, 2016 by

NOAM CHOMSKY: THOSE WHO FAILED TO RECOGNIZE TRUMP AS THE GREATER EVIL MADE A ‘BAD MISTAKE’

[Translate]   By Deirdre Fulton / Common Dreams   Chomsky calls the Republican Party “the most dangerous organization in world...

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THE SENATE CAN AND SHOULD DEMA...

Nov 24, 2016 by

[Translate] By Jeff Hauser, The Center for Economic and Policy Research | Op-Ed As we hear of a settlement in the “Trump...

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NONE OF THIS IS NORMAL. ALL OF...

Nov 23, 2016 by

NONE OF THIS IS NORMAL. ALL OF IT IS UN-AMERICAN.

[Translate] Democracy & Government Hate crimes after Donald Trump’s election and his appointment of Steve Bannon to the...

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TRUMP CHANGED EVERYTHING. NOW ...

Nov 23, 2016 by

TRUMP CHANGED EVERYTHING. NOW EVERYTHING COUNTS.

[Translate] THE GUARDIAN  by barbara kingsolver Millions of Americans are starting to grasp that we can’t politely stand by watching...

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TRUMP TO SCRAP NASA CLIMATE RE...

Nov 23, 2016 by

TRUMP TO SCRAP NASA CLIMATE RESEARCH IN CRACKDOWN ON ‘POLITICIZED SCIENCE’

[Translate] Nasa’s Earth science division is set to be stripped of funding as the president-elect seeks to shift focus away from home...

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The Trump Election Is Looking ...

Nov 23, 2016 by

[Translate] 2016 What AlterNet intends to do and what you can do to push back against this travesty of an election. By Don Hazen /...

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FIGHT TRUMP: STOP DEPORTATION ...

Nov 22, 2016 by

FIGHT TRUMP: STOP DEPORTATION BY ANY MEANS

[Translate] By George CiccCOMariello-Maher /VERSO BOOKS . Protesters blockade Vancouver International Airport to prevent deportation...

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WHAT’S ABOUT TO HAPPEN T...

Nov 22, 2016 by

WHAT’S ABOUT TO HAPPEN TO CNN

[Translate]   Hamilton Nolan KINJA.COM The Concourse Deadspin.com   Photo: APFor the journalists at CNN—everywhere, really,...

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ELECTION REFLECTIONS AND AN OP...

Nov 22, 2016 by

ELECTION REFLECTIONS AND AN OPEN LETTER TO DONALD TRUMP

[Translate] From Foster Gamble  THRIVE MOVEMENT INTERNATIONAL INTRODUCTION Like many of you, I have grave concern over the seething...

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TAKING ON TRUMP: LESSONS FROM ...

Nov 21, 2016 by

[Translate] Robert Borosage  AMERICANS FOR A SAFE FUTURE How do Democrats respond to the coming of Donald Trump? The tens of...

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THE FUTURE DOESN’T SUCK

Nov 21, 2016 by

THE FUTURE DOESN’T SUCK

[Translate] Sooo … that happened. Donald Trump won the U.S. election and now threatens the progress we’ve all worked so hard to...

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FAREWELL, AMERICA

Nov 20, 2016 by

FAREWELL, AMERICA

[Translate] Democracy & Government No matter how the rest of the world looked at us on Nov. 7, they will now look at us...

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THE AIA’S TONE-DEAF RESP...

Nov 19, 2016 by

THE AIA’S TONE-DEAF RESPONSE TO THE ELECTION OF DONALD TRUMP

[Translate] By Duo Dickinson  COMMONEDGE,ORG The 2016 U.S. presidential election was the most divisive since the Civil War. Not only...

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HOW TO DO AWAY WITH THE ELECTO...

Nov 18, 2016 by

[Translate]   By Nell Abram, Free Speech Radio News | Interview People watch election results at Times Square in New York, on...

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THROW WALL STREET OUT OF THE D...

Nov 17, 2016 by

THROW WALL STREET OUT OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY

[Translate]   By Michael Hudson    TRUTHDIG     Robert Rubin, former Citigroup chair and Clinton administration Treasury...

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86 hours, 47 minutes after the...

Nov 14, 2016 by

[Translate] Kristin Coates   MEDIUM.COM   I have been a wreck since I woke up to the election results at 4:36 am on Wednesday,...

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WHY WE NEED A NEW DEMOCRATIC P...

Nov 13, 2016 by

WHY WE NEED A NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY

[Translate]   By Robert Reich / RobertReich.org  VIA TRUTHDIG DonkeyHotey / CC BY 2.0 It is time for a New Democratic Party. The...

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There Is a Crack in Everything...

Nov 13, 2016 by

There Is a Crack in Everything, That’s How the Light Gets In: Leonard Cohen on Democracy and Its Redemptions

[Translate] BRAINPICKINGS Trained as a poet and ordained as a Buddhist monk, Leonard Cohen (September 21, 1934–November 10, 2016) is...

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THE UNITED STATES IS NOT ABOUT...

Nov 12, 2016 by

[Translate]   Kevin Drum  MOTHER JONES I said yesterday that I didn’t intend to tell anyone to settle down over the Trump...

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LIES IN THE GUISE OF NEWS IN T...

Nov 12, 2016 by

[Translate] Nicholas Kristof  NYTIMES IF you get your news from this newspaper or our rival mainstream news sources, there’s probably...

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Here Are 4 Policies That Trump...

Nov 12, 2016 by

[Translate] Election 2016 Candidate Trump made a lot of promises. Now his team is reneging on some of the more integral. By Elizabeth...

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THESE 5 WINS IN THE U.S. ELECT...

Nov 12, 2016 by

[Translate] Subject: In the midst of a deeply challenging time personally and collectively…..some GOOD NEWS LOVELOVELOVE These...

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THE TROUBLING REASON THE ELECT...

Nov 11, 2016 by

THE TROUBLING REASON THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE EXISTS: SLAVERY

[Translate] History politics Akhil Reed Amar  TIME.COM   Getty Images The Signing of the Constitution of the United States, with...

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THE WOMEN WHO HELPED DONALD TR...

Nov 11, 2016 by

[Translate] Politics Debbie Biro said it was difficult to talk to female friends about voting for Donald J. Trump. Mark Makela for...

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AMERICA ELECTS A BIGOT

Nov 11, 2016 by

[Translate] Charles M. Blow   NYTIMES Photo Credit Eric Thayer for The New York Times Donald J. Trump is president-elect of the...

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AUTOCRACY: RULES FOR SURVIVAL

Nov 11, 2016 by

AUTOCRACY: RULES FOR SURVIVAL

[Translate] Autocracy: Rules for Survival Masha Gessen Andrew Kelly TPX/Reuters Protesters outside Trump Tower the day after the...

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WHY TRUMP WON

Nov 10, 2016 by

[Translate] Robert Borosage AMERICANS FOR A SAFE FUTURE The following was originally published in The Nation “Sorry to keep you...

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FIVE REASONS FOR LIBERALS TO H...

Nov 10, 2016 by

FIVE REASONS FOR LIBERALS TO HAVE HOPE

[Translate] On election night, crowds of Clinton supporters gather at the Javits Center in New York City. | Getty Images 2016 As...

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