To effectively confront the enormous problems facing our country and world, progressives need to soberly assess everything — good, bad and mixed

Chauvin has played a useful role for corporate media – a rare villain who could be identified and named, a symbol of deadly racism

Tributes — including from countless organizations calling themselves progressive — are routinely evasive about the anti-militarist ideals that King passionately expressed during the final year of his life

The saga of Emanuel’s three decades in politics is an epic tale of methodical contempt for progressive values

Previous Democratic administrations have not delivered on promises made, and there should be maximum pressure put on Biden right away

A slow and steady “third Obama term” might thrill corporate media pundits. But it won’t get the job done on the climate emergency. Just ask a scientist. 

With the horrific fires on the West Coast and hurricanes and storms pounding the Caribbean and Gulf Coast, in a healthy democracy, one would expect presidential candidates to be pressed hard about climate chaos. I’m not holding my breath.  

A second Trump term would stoke more white-supremacist vigilantism and an even more far-reaching assault on democratic rights and marginalized communities

Single payer doesn’t just cut costs by eliminating the waste caused by a multiplicity of for-profit insurers – but also because the purchasing power of a federal plan can rein in pharmaceutical and other exploding costs. 

It’s fascinating to see pundits on CNN, MSNBC and other networks now discussing “systemic racism” after they’d spent months during the Democratic presidential primaries in panicked overdrive propping up “the system.”