Newsletter Archives

February 2019

As we gape at Trump's sideshow, corporations are picking our pockets

January 2019

Bold, plain-talk, progressive populism excites voters across many lines of difference

December 2018

How workaday folks are curbing the power of plutocratic elites

November 2018

The bitter Battle of Kavanaugh will burn through our culture and politics for decades

October 2018

It should be easy for every citizen to vote. Republicans have made it way, way harder.

September 2018

Trump's privatizers are running amuck

August 2018

Take heart from these tales of regular folks battling the bastards--and beating them back

July 2018

Trump's border cruelty is a test of our national character

June 2018

Gentrification shreds the fabric of our cities while making rich developers even richer

May 2018

What are progressives fighting for?

March/April 2018

Patience and secrecy cloak the Koch's complex conspiracy

February 2018

The Koch Klan is funding a stealthy war against the principle of the Common Good

January 2018

Fed up with corporate-rigged politics, ordinary people are working together to win elections

December 2017

It's time to play Amazon's new hit game, "Milk the Taxpayer!"

November 2017

Coalitions of agriculture outsiders tackle powerful agribiz insiders

October 2017

If we spread the profits around, smart robots can work for ALL of us

September 2017

"Thinking" robots will soon shake our definition of worth

August 2017

Our ravenous appetite turns humble sand into an endangered national treasure

July 2017

You'll be gobsmacked by the populist victories won in this conservative Colorado town

June 2017

Corporate "repair prevention" schemes steal the right to fix our own belongings

May 2017

GOP state legislatures are attacking local democracy

April 2017

From Resistance to Insistence

March 2017

Freaked out by Trump and his menagerie of mutants? Let's focus our anger--and have a greater impact

February 2017

Fake news? Here's some real news: Cities around the country are breaking corporate chains

January 2017

The 2017 State of the Plate: Sustaining the push to a healthy, humane, and human-scale food system

December 2016

We can beat back the Reign of Trump--if we unite in a movement for Populist Justice

November 2016

Oddities, reflections and vignettes from the cratered road to Election 2016

October 2016

Don't miss "The Battle of Two Pipes," an epic story from the American heartland

September 2016

The Koch brothers' massive money cache is worming deep into our country's political terrain

August 2016

White progressives must join with people of color to expose and confront Donald Trump's coded racism.

July 2016

What's next for the Bernie Sanders revolution? The populist insurgency is ratcheting up.

June 2016

Carrier and Nabisco close US plants, hop to Mexico--and stoke the anger of working-class America

April/May 2016

A story from Texas epitomizes global corporate greed. And the elites are wondering why working folks are rebelling?

March 2016

Mavericks and mad-as-hellers march to Washington for a pro-democracy rebellion. Because it's time.

February 2016

Reinventing business "ethics": How corporate honchos gave themselves cover to be as rapacious as they wanna be

January 2016

Can an unabashedly progressive presidential campaign actually win this November?

December 2015

Were our leaders bold enough to do enough about climate change soon enough?

November 2015

It's been an eventful year in the populist fight for healthy, sustainable—and tasty—food for all

October 2015

Travel that is fast and efficient—even fun? Let’s get on board with High Speed Rail

September 2015

The rebellious spirit of Matthew Maguire’s first Labor Day is spreading again across our country. Join the parade.

August 2015

A plucky (and smart!) grassroots coalition has pushed the dastardly Trans-Pacific Partnership to the edge

July 2015

The Lowdown's 1st Annual Gooberhead Awards!

June 2015

Let's defend our public treasures: 'America's best idea' is under attack

May 2015

Activists crumble Big Coal, shame Koch-head science, storm to a populist internet victory, and more!

April 2015

For-profit colleges get rich by sinking students into debt--and their scam is financed by our tax dollars

March 2015

Cupid and his friends at the post office are fighting back against flimflamming privatizers

February 2015

What Occupy, the Climate March and #BlackLivesMatter have in common--and why that should inspire us all

January 2015

New trade pacts create secret, pro-corporate tribunals that use their powers to eviscerate our democratic laws