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Everybody In, Nobody Out

Benjamin Day, Mark Dudzic Common Dreams
What We Know So Far About the Medicare for All Act of 2019

The Northam Controversy

Bill Fletcher, Jr. BillFletcherJr.com
So, let’s start by my alerting you that my views on the Governor Northam controversy may be different from what you expect. I don’t think that he should resign.

The General Strike that Shut Down Seattle 100 Years Ago

Cal Winslow In These Times
Today, this strike is largely forgotten, or worse, when remembered, dismissed as a long lost cause, sometimes reduced to a “disaster” – that is, a near fatal setback for Seattle’s working people. It was neither.

Hedge Funds Win, Puerto Ricans Lose

Abner Dennis, Kevin Connor The American Prospect
A federal court this week approved a plan that will grant predatory vulture funds a huge payday while consigning the island's citizens to 40 years of high sales taxes.