Bill Barr is now targeting “anti-government extremists”
OK, the Law & Order hunt Is now officially on. Atty. Gen. William P. Barr has directed the formation of an interagency task force dedicated to countering "anti-government extremists" from…
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Do business leaders have any business being president? Available evidence says no
Conservatives often extol the tough, no-nonsense approach taken by leaders of corporate interests as a way to run government more efficiently. But do businessmen really have any business being president? …
Fox News panel struggles to spin devastating new Fox News poll on Trump
There's a new Fox News poll out surveying key swing state opinions about the 2020 race for the White House, and it paints a bleak picture for President Donald Trump's…
A field guide to Trump’s dangerous rhetoric
All leaders are demagogues. You may not realize this, because we've come to associate the word "demagogue" with only dangerous populist leaders. But in Greek, the word just means "leader…
Uber, Lyft algorithms charged users more for trips to non-white neighborhoods
A recent study suggests that the algorithm used by popular ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft may actually discriminate against customers seeking transportation in predominantly non-white neighborhoods. Aylin Caliskan and Akshat Pandey…
Seattle Trader Joe’s workers fear the company is retaliating against them for attending BLM protest
On the afternoon of Friday, June 12, grocery shoppers who frequent the Trader Joe's on Capitol Hill in Seattle were met with an unexpected sign posted to the front door.…
Protest in a small town: Black Lives Matter comes to rural America — and it matters
DELHI, N.Y. — According to the New York Times' remarkable list of Black Lives Matter protests over the last two weeks, the largest outpouring of street activism since the Vietnam…
Come November, a U.S. coup d’etat?
U.S. democracy remains in great danger. For the moment, President Donald Trump has yielded to public opinion and agreed to pull active-duty Army troops out of our nation's capital. Was…
Mitt Romney’s support for black lives matters. But the bar should be higher for Democrats
"We need to stand up and say that black lives matter." Republican Sen. Mitt Romney's appearance at a Black Lives Matter march on Sunday, after nearly two weeks of civil…
A graduation speech for our age of collapse
Class of 2020, wherever you are, I had planned to address you on this graduation day. But how can I? Yes, I know that former President Obama, Oprah Winfrey, and Tom Hanks all took…