by Richard Eskow | Oct 4, 2017 | Blog
The once-proud political project known as "centrism" is collapsing around the globe, despite increasingly desperate attempts by billionaire backers to revive it. The center-right's implosion can be seen in the weakened state of Theresa May's Conservatives in Great...
by Richard Eskow | Oct 1, 2017 | Blog
The eastern German state of Saxony is a long way from Ohio, but the two places have a lot in common. Abandoned factories are falling into ruins in both places. There is fear, anger, and despair in the cities and countryside. People are dissatisfied with the status quo...
by Richard Eskow | Sep 13, 2017 | Blog
Bernie Sanders unveiled his Medicare for All bill this week, and 16 Democratic senators signed on as cosponsors. The last time he introduced a bill like it, not one senator was willing to join him. They considered the idea impossible, utopian. Times have changed. The...
by Richard Eskow | Sep 11, 2017 | Blog
"Don't stop thinking about tomorrow." Remember when Bill Clinton used this Fleetwood Mac nugget as a theme in his 1992 campaign? Today, as Hillary Clinton's campaign memoir goes on sale, the Democratic Party Clinton and his fellow "centrists" remade in their image...
by Richard Eskow | Sep 6, 2017 | Blog
Houston has barely begun to recover from Hurricane Harvey, as Irma devastates the Caribbean and heads towards Puerto Rico and Florida. Its hard to imagine all the grief, effort, and cost it will take to rebuild from one of these thousand-year storms, much less two....
