It may not seem like a big deal - throwing away the books of a bunch of hippies - but the NYPD's mindless destruction of the makeshift OWS library in Zuccoti park is a symbol of what has happened to America. The militarization of domestic policing in the US after 9/11 is having ...read more

One of the saddest aspects of American political culture is the disconnect between reality and perception. In response to a grossly unfair system of corporate socialism, many middle class Americans channel their rage against programs that would actually benefit them like ...read more