BY JOE CONASON This week marked the anniversary of the Citizens United decision, which exposed American democracy to increasing domination by the country’s very richest and most reactionary figures – modern heirs to those “malefactors of great wealth” condemned by the great Republican Theodore Roosevelt – so it is worth recalling the false promise made […]

BY SUSAN ESTRICH It would be funny to watch were it not so fruitless and political. [“Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?”] “It” is the latest round of Hillary Clinton “insiders” using the front page of The New York Times to attack those even more inside – who supposedly were foolish to […]

First In A Series BY DON McCORKELL Legacies tend to fade away with time, but there are exceptions, individuals whose singular impact was so vivid and...

BY JIM HIGHTOWER When I crossed paths with a Democratic Party campaign consultant in Austin last March, I suggested he come out to the local International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers hall to hear Bernie Sanders, adding that the Vermont senator was pondering a run for the presidency. “You gotta be kiddin’ me,” the political pro […]

BY FROMA HARROP If you’ve successfully landed on the beaches, but your forces are still taking heavy fire, what do you do? Do you concentrate on trying to hold the line and make further advances or do you sit in a circle and design a better landing craft? The problem with Bernie Sanders’ health care […]