BY FROMA HARROP The 187,000 acres on which sits the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge never belonged to the state of Oregon, much less the band of cowboy exhibitionists who’d taken it over. This and other federal lands were acquired through conquest over, purchases from or treaties with Mexico, Russia, Spain, England, France and Native Americans. […]

BY SHARON MARTIN If your idea of good governance is to take care of the top 10% of the citizens in your state, your first...

BY JIM HIGHTOWER The mantra of every Koch-headed, right-wing politico is that government should be run like a business, always focused on cutting costs. Welcome to Flint, MI. This impoverished, mostly African-American city has indeed been run like a private corporation since Republican Gov. Rick Snyder appointed his “emergency manager” to seize control of Flint’s […]

BY VERN TURNER This election cycle is producing a lot of chatter about amending the U.S. Constitution, that venerable document that has endured over 200...

BY DAVID PERRYMAN In the 1960s corporate chain stores displaced Main Street merchants and altered the way that Americans shopped. They promised lower prices, but...