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Killer cops, drone wars and the crisis of democracy
Andrew O'Hehir
Americans have surrendered democracy and enslaved ourselves to illegitimate power. The consequences are murder
Why Elizabeth Warren and Rand Paul offer glimmers of hope — but not for 2016
Andrew O'Hehir
Warren and Paul may point toward a better political future. But a doomed anti-Hillary crusade won't save democracy
How the political media is poisoning American discourse
Marty Kaplan
By treating news as entertainment, mainstream journalists are making things inestimably worse
America’s dark imperial legacy: It goes much deeper than George W. Bush
Robert W. McChesney
While our 43rd president rightly takes blame for his disastrous failed wars, there's much more blame to go around
Down with Daylight Saving Time!
Matthew Rozsa
The ritual's energy savings are negligible, and the long winter nights are making us all miserable. Enough already
Mark Twain’s democratic ideal: How truth, laughter defeat “sweet-smelling, sugar-coated lies”
Lewis H. Lapham
"A man at play with freedoms of his mind, believing allegiance to the truth and not the flag rescues democracy"
Chevron greases local elections with dark money
Michael Winship
Reports reveal the multinational has been pumping cash into Mitch McConnell and John Cornyn's Senate campaigns
Thomas Frank: Paul Krugman’s sloppy, wet kiss
Thomas Frank
Krugman's ode to Obama in Rolling Stone seems like the work of someone who hasn't read Krugman the last six years
The John Oliver of Russia Today: “I’m making comedy out of the darkest issues in the world”
Prachi Gupta
Lee Camp, the host of "Redacted Tonight" on RT America, is even angrier than HBO's king of fake news
Cornel West: “The state of Black America in the age of Obama has been one of desperation, confusion and capitulation”
Cornel West
The leading scholar indicts the president -- and Black leadership and the media for not calling out his failures
The big “middle class” rip-off: How a short sale taught me rich people’s ethics
Edwin Lyngar
So many of us are clueless about business and finance. Here's why that's just the way the investment class likes it
Bernie Sanders: Longterm Democratic strategy is “pathetic”
Thomas Frank
Senator Bernie Sanders sits down with Salon to talk inequality, the GOP, and whether or not he'll run for president
My party has lost its soul: Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and the victory of Wall Street Democrats
Bill Curry
A former Clinton aide on how Democrats lost their way chasing Wall Street cash, and new populism the party needs
SCOTUS’ real lesson this week: The law is not your friend
Jay Monaco
Workers hold a self-defeating reliance on the law as our protector. Far more often? It's played the opposite role
Believe it or not: Karl Marx is making a comeback
Sean McElwee
It's true. The "Communist Manifesto" co-author has gotten a second life — and he has some advice for progressives
8 reasons CEOs make 300 times as much as their employees
Dave Johnson
Six Wal-Mart heirs alone are wealthier than 40 percent of Americans combined. The system is rigged in their favor
The trigger warning we need: “College is a scam meant to perpetuate the 1 percent”
Thomas Frank
The trigger warning we need: "Borrowing to attend an American college may be hazardous to your dreams"
Paul Krugman: European democracy is in big, big trouble
Elias Isquith
The New York Times columnist says EU elites are losing legitimacy, with "very scary people waiting in the wings"
The right’s most ridiculous Elizabeth Warren smear to date
Stephan Richter
Conservatives can label her a leftist all they want. She's a threat because she stands in the way of U.S. oligarchy
This is not what democracy looks like: The long, slow death of Jefferson’s dream
Andrew O'Hehir
From Thomas Piketty to Cliven Bundy to GOP climate trolls, democracy is in deep crisis. What comes next?
Robert Reich: 10 ways to close the inequality gap
Robert Reich
The former secretary of labor on American society's single greatest obstacle -- and what we can do about it
Our sad “Mad Men” revolution: How consumerism co-opted rebellion
Thomas Frank
Talking revolution with Lewis Lapham -- and how capitalism manages to keep coming out on top
93 countries that have flip-flopped on Obama
Nicolas J.S. Davies
A new report reveals an erosion of approval for U.S. leadership in countries all over the world -- including Kenya
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