Sam Pizzigati: The Peasants Still Have Their Pitchforks
Americans want what 21st century politics has so far not delivered: real options for challenging concentrated wealth. What can we expect Congress to do about America’s staggeringly top-heavy concentration of … Continue reading
GOP Seeks to Further Weaken Campaign Finance Laws
Experts say latest challenge could further erode contribution limits Republican lawmakers hoping to rake in more campaign cash from Wall Street are challenging a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule … Continue reading
Why am I moving left?
I used to be right down the middle. But America’s changed, and so have I. In my late 50s, at a time of life when most people are supposed to … Continue reading
Prison Industry Making Billions from Border Children
Despite growing evidence that the private prison industry is neither humane nor cost-effective, for-profit incarceration has increased dramatically in the past 10 years, and nowhere has the boom been more obvious than along … Continue reading
The GOP’s Long-term Problem: Millennials Hate Conservatives
Republicans were already destined for piecemeal decimation due to the declining numbers of their core constituency. But they don’t just have a demographic problem anymore; they have a stylistic one. … Continue reading
Vox Populi 
Republican Political Alchemy and the Disappearing Democratic Party
Originally posted on The Contrary Perspective:
Trust him! He’s wearing a flag lapel pin — and pointing heavenwards! Matthew Jacobson Today’s Democrats do not realize the extent to which the…