Plutocracy

We have a president who's clearly out of his mind

In the age of Trump, the wrongdoing has become so blatant, the attitude towards the rest of us so contemptuous, that a presumption of guilt may be the only realistic attitude

Trump’s constituency is disproportionately old white people, who are no longer a majority in the US

From Ross Perot to Tom Steyer, rich megalomaniacs run for president by preying on voters’ disillusionment

If you want to see where a country’s priorities lie, look at how it allocates its money

For Sanders and Warren, it’s simple: The Bad Guy is the rich, the one percent, the oligarchy

For Americans to achieve real freedom and self-governance, some of the billions that flow into the pockets of the already rich must go instead into the paychecks of the workers whose sweat creates profits

We must create a politics that directly confronts the narcissistic nabobs who're knocking down our people and our country

The tragic place America finds itself in

A tiny uptick in wages won't do much to help Americans squeezed by debt and facing rising prices for medicine, child care, housing, and other essentials