Governor Cuomo Must Resign

It’s easy to lose sight of the big picture with regard to the Governor in light of the recent media focus on the…

Where Will You Say You Were?

America’s extreme and gross level of income and wealth inequality is the existential threat of our time.

Income and wealth inequality is why so many people lack healthcare. It’s accessible, they just can’t afford it.

FDR, 1929: To preserve our freedom, don liberty caps and resist the concentration of economic power

“On July 4, 1929, FDR presided at the dedication of Tammany Hall’s new headquarters off Union Square…. [and] lashed out at the oligarchs of economic feudalism…

The Corporate Media Convinced Millions That Bernie Was “Unelectable”

** Medicare for All is majority popular among Democrats
** Green New Deal is majority popular among Democrats
** Wealth Tax is majority popular among all Americans
** Bernie won the popular vote in the first…

I’m Backing Joe Biden

Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Noam Chomsky, Barack Obama, Robert Reich, AOC and Cornel West are all supporting Joe Biden. You can be sure that FDR, Frances Perkins, Thurgood Marshall, RBG, and Eleanor Roosevelt would or will too. MLK didn’t talk party politics, but he did famously once…

It’s Time to Tax the Ultra-Wealthy

Inauguration Day is Jan. 20, 2021. I expect President Biden and the Congress to get to work right away. One of the first things they need to do is increase the estate tax.

Why is the Leadership of Both Parties to Our Right?

The political “center of gravity” for our Democratic leadership is far to the right of the Democratic electorate. Democrats overwhelmingly support Medicare for All, the Green New Deal, the Wealth Tax, higher tax rates on the rich, College…

Progressive Hero Keith Ellison Could Have Been the DNC Chair