Monday, March 16, 2026

Trump’s press secretary attacks media’s coverage of inauguration

Aerial photos of the event show a lot of open space, but Spicer believes photos were “intentionally framed” in a way to downplay the crowd-size.
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“An unprecedented attack on democracy”: Trump escalates effort to overturn Biden election victory

“The voters have spoken, and what we’re seeing is a president who refuses to recognize and embrace the will of the people.”

Al Jazeera America is Being Cancelled

Hundreds of jobs are soon to be lost at Al Jazeera America to shut down all operations come April.

Is Violent Change Inevitable in Ethiopia?

We are living in unprecedented times, times of tremendous opportunity and potential change; out of step with the times the days are numbered for regimes like the EPRDF – it is a question of when they collapse – not if.

Thousands of Verizon Workers Go on Strike

Thousands of Verizon employees will take to the streets demanding the company run more fairly.

How Trump might save the Democrats

Trump may have given Democrats more leeway to do what Americans – including most Trump supporters – need them to do.

A Citizen’s Guide to the Upcoming Conventions

Our two major political parties no longer nominate people to be president. Candidates choose themselves, they run in primaries, and the winners of the primaries become the parties’ nominees.

From carpet to clean air: It’s time for California to stand up for environmental...

Our representatives should uplift our health and quality of life not in words, but with action.

Trump is ignoring daily intelligence briefings, relying on ‘a number of sources’ instead

His spokeswoman thinks he is getting enough information through phone calls with world leaders.

Dirty tricks vs. democracy

If we fail to rise up we fail to do our civic duty to protect our very democracy.