To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Observercast

What Will Many Bernie Sanders Voters Do After July?

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BY RALPH NADER The hard-bitten, corporatist Democrats are moving Hillary Clinton through the presidential primaries. They are using “Republican-speak” to beat down Bernie Sanders as...

It’s The Economy, Stupid!

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BY SHARON MARTIN Racism runs roughshod over this year’s primaries. Unrest, hate, and the absence of truth mark most candidacies. There’s a real chance of...

School Consolidation: This Ain’t No New Deal

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BY DAVID PERRYMAN The impact of the Great Depression was most severe on the elderly and the young. For instance, while one-third of the nation...

The Question Progressives Are Missing

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BY CHRISTIAAN MITCHELL We have a very nasty habit in this country of being die-hard, patriotic zealots for the few months leading up to an...

Please, Sir, I Want Some More

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BY DAVID PERRYMAN Oliver, the title character in Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist, was born in a workhouse and orphaned at birth. Living in 18th Century...