Truthout
Op-Ed
Even With Trump Out of Office, the Far Right Continued to Mobilize in 2021
Despite anti-fascists’ best hopes, far right forces have remained active and Trumpists within the GOP are empowered.
Oklahoma Republican Wants to Deputize Private Citizens to Sue School Districts
The latest thing in GOP politics? Creating culture war bounty hunters.
Big Oil’s New Strategy: Profit Today So They Can Fight Again Tomorrow
Nearly every major oil and gas company now claims to accept the science, but their actions speak louder than words.
Donald Trump Has Spent the Last Two Weeks Offending His Closest Allies
Trump seems to be running out of friends at an accelerating rate; it is his own behavior that is creating the distance.
Businesses Have Manufactured Inflation Fear to Protect Profits Amid Rising Wages
Workers don’t set prices, bosses do. And they do so on the basis of maintaining the greatest possible profit margins.
The Climate Won’t Survive Our Current Appetite for Consumerism and Consumption
We must dismantle the military-industrial complex and rein in consumerism before we destroy life as we know it.
Two Years of COVID Have Forced Us to Recalibrate Our Concept of Hope
Hope, now, is for me an exercise to see if I still have it in me to hope, despite all the reasons not to.
Trump’s 2024 Campaign Will Likely Be: “I Did the Vaccines All by Myself!”
Donald Trump has not suddenly found religion here: He wants a piece of the action.
Trump’s COVID Army Boos Him for Revealing That He Received a Booster Shot
Polls show that the resistance to vaccines is now baked into the MAGA psyche, with him or without him.
Is Killing the Build Back Better Act Part of Manchin’s Run for President?
Unlikely as it seems, Manchin is flush with millions from right-leaning interests — enough to fund a national campaign.