I See America Marching Again

Dan La Botz New Politics
With the poet's thanks and apologies to Walt Whitman, Dan La Botz captures the spirit of resistance in today's America and reaffirms the importance of speaking up and marching, marching, marching. Note the poem below is also translated into Spanish and French.

Trumponomics, Taxes, and the American Worker

David Cay Johnston Washington Spectator
Trump’s tax proposals, which shift like desert sands in a windstorm, would lavish vast new tax breaks on people like himself

Bullshitter in Chief

Lauren Griffin The Conversation
In some ways, it's way worse than lying. A bullshitter just isn't concerned about truth.

Torture Works . . . to Produce Fake News

Juan Cole Informed Comment
Torture is an excellent way to be trolled by a seasoned operative, with potentially disastrous consequences, as Iraq showed

Kellyanne Conway - SNL

Kellyanne Conway (Kate McKinnon) reveals the real reason she joined Donald Trump's campaign.

Radical Brownies

Berets, badges, Black Lives Matter and social justice: the youth group for activist girls of color

Musical Internationalism | Groove in G

Starting with musical group Tinariwen in West Africa, Playing for Change traveled the world asking musicians to add to the song. A groove in the key of G transformed into a global jam with its roots in the blues.

President Donald Trump's First Negotiation Was A Humiliation

Lawrence O'Donnell explains why Mexican President Peña Nieto's decision to not attend a scheduled meeting with Pres. Trump over the border wall is Trump's first humiliation on the global stage and sends a message to other world leaders about future negotiations.