Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ “Between 1999 and 2013, white middle-aged men and women in the United States, especially those with only a high school education, began dying at a s... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ “Each of the Republican candidates for the presidency declared last week that we should deal with school shootings by providing aggressive tr... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ “The reason Sanders is unlikely to win the nomination for president is because only 31% of Americans “react positively” to the word socialism... Read more
“The most important thing each of us can do is to try even harder to see the world through our neighbors’ eyes. To imagine what it is like to walk in their shoes, t... Read more
“Instead of raising the bar in pursuit of objectivity, the current working group doubled down on its 2007 summary: It unfurls a series of distortions designed to magnify the threats, i... Read more
“People believe what they want to believe because the guy who made this was so good that it’s real to everybody. Now who’s the master, the painter or the forger?”... Read more
“One of the most remarkable things about us is also one of the easiest to overlook: each time we collide with the real, we deepen our understanding of the world and become more fully a part... Read more
For preventing the poor, wage workers, the un-gentrified and Mother Nature from being a burden on the Alpha class of the country and for making them beneficial to the publick. “I have... Read more
Published on http://www.truth-out.org The closer your political platform gets to allowing everyone to do as they want and at the same time pointing out and berating what’s interfering... Read more
The New Treasure Island for Investors “This government’s [England] whole strategy for higher education is, in the cliché it so loves to use, to create a level playing field that... Read more
NY Times – Politics

On abortion, climate change, guns and much more, two Americas — one liberal, one conservative — are moving in opposite directions. [...]

Donald Trump has accelerated his campaign planning, hoping a White House bid will blunt a series of damaging revelations. Some Republicans are worried. [...]

Mr. Ornato, who was Donald Trump’s deputy chief of staff for operations, has become a key figure in a dispute over testimony from the Jan. 6 committee’s star witness. [...]

Slow vote counts were the bane of the 2020 elections, inviting bogus fraud charges. But they’re not going away anytime soon. [...]

After the Dobbs v. Jackson decision, many women are discovering that their employer can shape major decisions in their lives even more than it did a week ago. [...]

Norma McCorvey, the plaintiff in the case that made abortion legal, struggled with her role. Her personal papers offer insight into her life, her thinking — and her continued relevance. [...]