The Next Left: A Viable Political Strategy for the Multitude

Article  by Bhaskar Sunkara:  Here is a political strategy from a young intellectual which can be strongly endorsed by a credible Public Theology. It explains why Obama is failing. Jesus was a radical in his time,  5/24/2013

Interpretive Ethics: Racism Defines the American Right

Article  by Robert Parry:  Read this very important history. From the start of the Republic to today’s Republican ranting against Barack Obama, racism has been a central element of the American Right.  5/21/2013

Food Justice and Radical Eating

Article  by Mark Engler:  Corporate agriculture, organic foods, local farming, fair trade are topics here. The views of Michael Pollan, Raj Patel, David Granatstein, Fedele Bauccio, are discussed.  5/19/2013

Let's Hear Praise for IRS Workers

Article  by Ed Knudson:  The press can't help itself, it must report the most negative and hostile view of things, without basic logic, and Obama joins the chorus.  5/18/2013

A New Corporate World of Privilege and Prerogative

Article  by Stanley Aronowitz:  Here is an update on a famous 1950s book by C. Wright Mills called 'The Power Elite' which can help us understand corporate power today and its influence in government.  5/17/2013

The Economy is Personal: Listening to the Crash Generation

Article  by Nona Willis Aronowitz:  Down but not out, Millennials who came of age during the Great Recession could reshape the American economy and society.  5/17/2013

Calvinism Gone Wild: Billionaires Dominate Politics

Article  by Andy Kroll:  Political parties no longer have much power to choose candidates. Billionaires control the process now. The IRS cannot or will not do much about it. The media ignore all this.  5/16/2013

Summer Heat: We Are All Needed, Now More Than Ever

Article  by Bill McKibben:  Things will really heat up the last two weeks of July this year. To address climate change, people are organizing multiple action events, some leading to arrest. Join this effort now!  5/15/2013

What Should the U.S. Do Now About Syria?

Article  by Ron Young:  To have a realistic chance of success, an international intervention would have to involve Russia - and Iran and China - as well as the major countries supporting the rebels.  5/14/2013

What Then Must We Do? Straight Talk about the Next American Revolution

Article  by Sam Pizzigati:  Gar Alperovitz in a new book envisions a steady expansion of wealth-democratizing institutions creating a prehistory for the next American revolution. Here is a realistic economic strategy!  5/13/2013

God as Community

Article  by Ed Knudson:  A sermon for the Seventh Sunday of Easter, May 12, 2013, at Augustana Lutheran Church in Portland, Oregon.  5/12/2013

A President for Everyone, Except Black People

Article  by Kevin R. Johnson:  A pastor in Philadelphia wonders why a black president is taking black people for granted, in both his appointments and his policies....not a transformational president.  5/7/2013

Coal Trains Threaten the Pacific Northwest

Article  What is especially not needed right now is more infrastructure to transport and burn more coal in the world. The fact is that coal is dirty energy, very dirty. It should be left in the ground.  5/2/2013

America’s Chickens Are Coming Home to Roost

Article  by David Sirota:  Chalmers Johnson's notion of 'blowback' is adopted by a revered journalist, Tom Brokaw, concerning the Boston Marathon bombing. Jeremiah Wright wasn't so wrong after all.  4/26/2013

Understanding the Enemy-Industrial-Complex

Article  by Tom Engelhardt:  Pastors will find here much on which to build sermons on peace and war, and the danger of trusting leaders who create fear and lie about the real enemy.  4/15/2013

Sequester Cuts Hurt Millions of Working Class Families

Article  by Kate Randall:  The economy itself suffers when government stops supporting working class families. Conservatives today want to hold back economic success for these families.  4/10/2013

The Second Thief: Recognition of Injustice

Article  by Ed Knudson:  On the cross Jesus portrays paradise as a place of justice, a place for those who recognize injustice in the land. To fear God is to understand God as a God of justice.  3/28/2013

Marx’s Revenge: How Class Struggle Is Shaping the World

Article  by Michael Schuman:  News flash: This article on Marx was published in the business section of Time magazine! Maybe the business class is getting seriously worried about inequality.  3/27/2013

Brand Portland — The Greenwashing Machine

Article  by Nicholas Caleb :  Nothing is sacred, market thinking trumps everything, even in Portland, Oregon. This is a manifesto for environmental justice.  3/23/2013

Introducing the Concept of ‘Death Camp Thinking’

Article  by Ed Knudson:  When otherwise good people promote policies destroying the lives of millions, such as libertarian thinking today, it should be called what it is.  3/22/2013

The Ryan Budget: The Rationalization of Evil

Article  by Sam Smith:  Much of the corporate media are treating the Ryan budget as if it is a serious policy proposal. But it represents cruel and unjust thinking, promoting the death of millions.  3/18/2013

The Pope and the Poor: On Liberation Theology and the Argentine Pope

Article  by Mark Engler:  'To accustom ourselves to living in a world of exclusion and inequality is a serious moral failure that erodes the dignity of mankind and compromises peace and social harmony.'  3/15/2013

Corporations Once Actually Paid Taxes

Article  by Sam Pizzigati:  The current European revolt against CEO greed, if successful, might leave Corporate Europe looking just like Corporate America — in the 1950s.  3/13/2013

A Wave of Public School Closings and Teacher Firings is Result of Obama Education Policies

Article  by Bruce A. Dixon:  'Race to the Top' promoted by Education Secretary Arne Duncan is having the effect of closing public schools, especially in poor communities, just what Republican conservatives want.  3/13/2013

A Religious Call to Civil Disobedience on Thursday, March 21, 2013

Article  by Arthur Waskow:  Action on climate change is heating up this spring. Announced here is a very important event coming up. It is time for civil disobedience around climate change.  3/12/2013

Don't Cut, Invest! Why the Obama Administration Should Support a Federal Job Guarantee Program

Article  by Alan A. Aja:  Without work people cannot eat, house themselves, care for their families, or contribute to the community. We should not tolerate current levels of unemployment in this country. Austerity doesn't work  3/12/2013

Chávez is Dead, His Legacy Remains

Article  by Greg Grandin:  The U.S. corporate media will not admit how much the Venezuela leader did for the poor in his country and other nations in Latin America. Read this piece for the truth about Hugo Chavez.  3/11/2013

Political Rebellion Against Radical Evil

Article  by Chris Hedges:  Only a few in Germany had the courage to resist the Nazi regime. At what point will Americans realize that millions are dying due to policies of the United States?  2/25/2013

Life is Tragic: The End of the Big Box Era

Article  by James Howard Kunstler:  After ruining America, the age of giant chain stores like WalMart is coming to an end. This means new opportunity. Young folks can rebuild local economies including main street and agriculture.  2/25/2013