Bob Dylan | Nobel Prize

Bob Dylan will accept the Nobel Prize in Literature at a private meeting Stockholm and will send a taped acceptance lecture.

Nepotism, Impeachment & the Freedom Caucus

First Daughter Ivanka Trump gets a White House job, recently impeached South Korean President Park Geun-hye is arrested, and Donald Trump fights with his fellow Republicans.

Tribute to Ahmed Kathrada

#AhmedKathrada (Uncle Kathy) , who died this week, was a giant of the South African liberation movement. His voice lost none of its edge or clarity until the end.

Make Every Democratic Senator Filibuster Gorsuch

Miles Mogulescu Campaign for America's Future
Gorsuch is likely to vote to further loosen remaining restrictions on campaign donations by billionaires and corporations, restrict voting rights, allow the expansion of partisan gerrymandering, close courthouse doors to workers and consumers, overturn environmental and financial regulations, mix church and state, and make it more difficult for women to control their bodies and their health.

The End of the U.S. Empire Can Be a New Beginning for Our Democracy

Daniel Cantor and Barbara Dudley The Nation
Only by understanding how Trump fits within our recent history will the left be able to figure out where we go from here. We are once again at a moment of consequential political realignment. Both major parties are deeply divided. We need to engage in shaping the newly emerging parties. The Democrats may or may not move left; they, like the Republicans, may split.