Politics

“Britain’s withdrawal from the eurozone will damage not only the international banking system, but hamper Washington’s aggressive policies toward Russia and the Ukraine.”

Authoritarianism is not just an external threat. It’s right here in America.

Since she became the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign has taken a decidedly different tone when talking about her Republican opponents.

28-year-old Democratic Socialist wins the New York primary, the Supreme Court upholds Muslim ban and sides with anti-abortion centers, Occupy ICE protests spread, a federal judge sides with Big Oil, and more.

The hollowing out of this constitutional firewall represents a weakening of a legal structure born directly out of the German experience of state fascism.

"General Motors' decision to gut its workforce epitomizes the bad corporate behavior Republicans in Congress have incentivized for generations."

The feeling that Obama’s administration was in many ways a continuation of rather than a break with Bush is one of the things impelling voters on both sides of the aisle to support mavericks. Here are what Juan Cole see as turning points in Obama’s gradual betrayal of hope and change.

Drug corporations are bleeding Americans dry, and the proposed health care repeal will make things worse.

A small-town explosion shows what's at stake in the deregulatory debate.

"This means a halt to all new fossil fuel development now, and it means a rejection of dangerous false solutions like market-based emissions trading programs."