America’s slide into kleptocracy has bipartisan roots.Â
Robert Kuttner
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Trump Is Right About NAFTA, But That Doesn’t Make Him Pro-Worker
Trump’s opposition to the agreement is a cynical ploy to grab working-class votes.Â
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Trump’s Gratuitous Damage to Global Harmony
A bogus deal with North Korea is only one of several arenas in which Trump is setting back world peace.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Birthday Greetings to Karl Marx
Marx got some things right after all, but he got one big thing wrong.Â
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Is Trump Capable of Realism on North Korea?
If some kind of a deal is indeed struck, Trump’s role will likely be marginal.Â
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
How the Tax Bill Backfired on the Republicans
And why the new tax law will be an election winner for Democrats
Posted inLaw and Justice
Trump’s Impotent Rage
The window for firing Rosenstein or Mueller, and getting away with it, has closed.
Posted inAmerica and the World
The Failure of the Globalist Fantasy
Can we harness global capitalism in a broad public interest—or will globalism and the backlash against it keep undermining democratic institutions?
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Martin Luther King Jr. 50 Years After
Dr. King was a prophet. Even more importantly, he was a strategist. Both lessons endure.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Face(book) of Big Brother
The only way to end the abuses of Facebook and others is to flatly prohibit the commercial packaging and sale of our private data.
