San Francisco — with its tech boom and housing crunch — is infamous for Ellis Act evictions that force tenants out of a building and…

“...the numbers are against Bernie. Not the numbers of Democratic activists and voters, but the numbers tabulated by the Democratic party's official rules....” Bernie Sanders wants…

The International Monetary Fund’s “World Economic Outlook” (WEO), released Tuesday in advance of this week’s semiannual meetings in Washington of the IMF and World Bank,…

Opium poppies in Helmand Photo credit: U.S. Marines / Wikimedia Introduction by Russ Baker: More musings from Peter Dale Scott, the “father of Deep State analysis.” It’s…

"They're pretty bad," said Democratic strategist Brad Bannon, who connected the poor poll numbers to separate findings that show a broad number of Americans don’t trust…

This is an English translation of an article that I wrote for the German magazine, Compact. I was encouraged by the high level of intelligent discourse…

The United States is a major backer and supporter of the Saudi-led war against Yemen.  The U.S. supplies the weapons, and provides most of the targeting and…

Doctors Without Borders and more than fifty other public health organizations sent a letter to Congress on Tuesday calling on lawmakers to reject the pending…

The US Electoral College distorts campaigns, disenfranchises voters, and drives partisanship, say scholars who argue the popular vote is far better for choosing presidents. Otherwise,…

With every passing day, the Fed is slowly but surely losing the game. Only it is not just former (and in some cases current) Fed presidents…

Bernie Sanders had a shining moment last week at a massive rally in Philadelphia at the Temple University Liacouras Sports Center. The high point came…

Something is out of balance in Washington. Corporations now spend about $2.6 billion a year on reported lobbying expenditures—more than the $2 billion we spend…