The Worst Teacher In Chicago
by Greg Palast (image) This is a true story. CHICAGO. In a school with some of the poorest kids in Chicago, one English teacher–I won't use her...
Moment of Clarity: Are We In The Middle Of A Zombie Apocalypse? (And If So, Can Someone Eat Simon Cowell’s Brain Already?)
by Lee Camp (video) Look around you. Are there zombies? Are there vampires? If you answered yes, then maybe you don't need to watch this video. If...
Moment of Clarity: Why The Occupy Anniversary On September 17th Matters
by Lee Camp (video) Looking to make out with a stranger in a tent only feet away from squads of angry police? Then your time is finally here! ...Okay, maybe...
Tactical Animal: Politics In The Post-Truth Era
by ChrisSick In which we dissect the epidemic of Werewolf Disease, chairs what talk back, and why four-day-long political infomercials are entirely useless.
Moment of Clarity: Life Is This Miniscule Thing…It’s This Moment And Then It’s Over…Use It Wisely My Friends
by Lee Camp (video) What are you doing right now? Does it really fucking matter? Like really matter? What would it be like if it did? This video has the...
Tactical Animal: Now We’ve Got Ourselves A Race
by ChrisSick Paul Ryan. Well, hot damn. Background: At the start of the summer I discussed - with our lovely SG News editor, Nicole Powers - the idea of...
Dear Republican Friends: Regarding Your Stand On Healthcare…
(image) by Sandor Stern Dear Republican Friends, Regarding your stand on healthcare… This country spends more on health care than any other country in...
Surveillance State America: 7 Ways You Can Stop It
by David Seaman Look, we all know it has become bad. Surveillance cameras everywhere, many of them funded by federal DHS grants. Cops pulling people over...
Moment of Clarity: A Category Five Shit Storm Hits The RNC
by Lee Camp (video) The RNC is trying to continue their convention in the face of a hurricane - a hurricane of poverty, a hurricane of greed, a hurricane...
The Do-Damage Congress: Who’s Responsible?
(image) by Steven Whitney As established by comparing statistics – what some might call bald-faced facts - last week, the present 112th Congress is categorically...
Moment of Clarity: Study Reveals Experts Are Morons…And Here’s Why
by Lee Camp (video) Following years of exhaustive research the results are in – and are undeniably conclusive: Experts have their heads up their asses!
Aurora Rise Benefit: August 25th And 26th
by A.J. Focht (image) This weekend, August 25th and 26th, the Aurora Rise benefit is taking place at All C`s Collectibles to help raise money for the victims...
Moment of Clarity: Todd Akin, Paul Ryan, And The Fifty Shades of Rape
by Lee Camp (video) Todd Akin told us the other day that not all rape is legitimate. Luckily VP candidate Paul Ryan seems to agree with him - at least enough...
Worse Than A Do Nothing Congress
(image) by Steven Whitney We’ve all had the same frustrating experience – something goes wrong or breaks. We don’t have the skill set or time to address...
Moment of Clarity: Apathy Ain’t Sexy
by Lee Camp (video) Apathy ain't sexy, and it sure as hell shouldn't get you laid. So I'm hoping women will flex their pussy power in order...
Illuminating The Donald’s Unsporting Modus Operandi: Trump vs. The 99%
by Nicole Powers (video) Though half a world away, the plight of a coastal community 10 miles north of Aberdeen is resonating with many Americans. Their...
Moment of Clarity: A Bedtime Story About Fraud, Corruption, And Snorting Koch
by Lee Camp (video) Once upon a time there were a couple of boys named the Brothers Koch. They had a dream of owning the United States of America. Their...
Forget The Barbeque On Labor Day – It’s Time To Take Care Of Business
(image) by Steven Whitney All of us take too many things for granted, the rights and rewards we enjoy for which others greatly sacrificed and often even...
Moment of Clarity: Your Vote Will Be Stolen And Here’s How
by Lee Camp (video) In the 2008 election millions of votes were stolen or purged – and 2012 will make that election look cleaner than Mr. Clean's...
Moment of Clarity: Why Can’t War Be Fun For The Whole Family?
by Lee Camp (video) We already treat war like it's some kind of game without real world consequences. So why not take it that next step? Introducing...
Moment of Clarity: On The Brink Of Cultural Singularity
by Lee Camp (video) It all seems to be coming together into one. 90% of our media is owned by only six corporations. Every movie is about a super hero,...
Aurora Rise Benefit Event
(image) by A.J. Focht (image) A benefit in aid of the Aurora shooting victims is being put together by All C’s Collectibles, a local comic shop which...
Moment of Clarity: Storming The Headquarters Of Chase Bank
by Lee Camp (video) As you'll see in this video, Negin Farsad and I sauntered into the NYC headquarters of JP Morgan Chase and delivered a petition...
Back Row Perspective Part 3: An Aurora Theater Survivor’s Message To The Online Community
(image) by A.J. Focht (image) In the hours following the carnage that took place at the Century 16 movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, there was a remarkable...
Back Row Perspective Part 2: An Aurora Theater Survivor’s Message To The Politicians
by A.J. Focht (video) In my previous article, I discussed the way in which the mass media has mishandled the Aurora theater shootings. While some in the...
Fighting Back Part 4: The Big Liar, Intimidation And Revenge
(image) by Steven Whitney [The Fighting Back series began with a simple question: given their minority status for most of the last 80 years, why is the...
Fighting Back Part 3: Fighting Fire With Fire
(image) by Steven Whitney [The Fighting Back series began with a simple question: given their minority status for most of the last 80 years, why is the...
Moment of Clarity: Did The Lord Say To Be A Greedy A$$hole?
by Lee Camp (video) As I say in the video, I don't believe the Bible is anything more than a collection of some mildly fascinating fairytales with...
When The Past Is Prologue
by Steven Whitney (image) Today, July 14th, marks the 223rd anniversary of the Storming of the Bastille in 1789, the event that sparked the French Revolution.
Fighting Back Part 2: Defining Rovian Politics
by Steven Whitney (image) [Last week, the "Fighting Back" series began with a simple question: given their minority status for most of the last...
Fighting Back
by Steven Whitney (image) July 4th commemorates both our Declaration of Independence and the call to arms that eventually freed our nation from British...
Faith In A Better World: A Devout Atheist Finds Allies Across The Religious Divide
by Tim Hardy The Christian anarchists Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin founded the Catholic Worker movement in the midst of the Great Depression in 1933. They...
99Solidarity Occu-Bus: Day 2 Of Our Epic Coast-To-Coast Road Trip From LA To NYC By Way Of Chicago
by Nicole Powers (image) Day 2 of our epic journey was very flat, but literally, rather than metaphorically. Having made it through Denver’s Rocky Mountains...
America: Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown.
by Steven Whitney Related Posts: A Last Pitch For Truth
A Last Pitch For Truth
by Steven Whitney For more than a decade, even the smallest truths have been at a premium in the halls of Congress. . . and elsewhere in our government,...
Final Occupy LA Pre-May Day GA In DTLA
by Blogbot (image) SuicideGirls just got back from Occupy LA's final pre-May Day General Assembly. The assembled 99 percenters noted with some pride...
Red, White and Femme: Jumpin’ On The Brand Wagon
by Darrah de jour (video) “There’s a degree of cowardice and willful ignorance around this condition.” - Russell Brand Testifying before the UK Parliamentary...
A Fishy Tale Of Oil And Corruption
(video) by Nicole Powers We’ve been busting out editorial for the SG Blog out of investigative journalist Greg Palast’s NYC office for the past few...
Laurie Penny: In Defence Of Cunt
by Blogbot Born of the internet age, 25-year old flame-haired Laurie Penny aka @PennyRed is front and center of the new guard of left wing activist journalists.
Occupy Rising: The American Spring Is Here
by Zach Roberts (image) My head hurts. Three months after my arrest during an Occupy Wall St. protest on December 17 (see #D17 post) and two days before...



