Trump’s chief vote suppressor runs for governor
Kris Kobach maybe the most important person in America right now.
Justice Department changes position on Texas’ discriminatory voter ID law
The DOJ, now overseen by Jeff Sessions, is walking back years of effort aimed at limiting the harmful effect of state voter ID measure on minorities.
Naomi Klein: The worst is yet to come with Trump, so we must be...
There’s no doubt that some savvy people around Trump are using the daily shocks as cover to advance wildly pro-corporate policies that bear little resemblance to what Trump pledged on the campaign trail.
Cut corporate taxes? This is how the biggest companies cheated on taxes in 2016
Ten companies mentioned in this report collectively withheld nearly $15 billion in tax money in 2016.
An arrogant entrance, a sad exit
With a new Congress and White House committed to wealth’s concentration, we’ll sorely miss the scholar who dedicated his life to documenting wealth’s maldistribution.
Sanders’ surge in the polls has Democratic officials reconsidering his chances
"...people should take him very seriously."
The Saudi purge shaking the Middle East
The seeming power grab consolidates all the major security forces and the military in the hands of the current King Salman and his son, the 32 year old Crown Prince, Mohammad bin Salman.
Another Kris Kobach loss: Illinois leaves ‘Jim Crow’ voter purge program
Even as Kobach is met with loss after loss, his legacy will live on until the states that signed up for Crosscheck leave the program and reinstate voters to the voter rolls.
IT Employee Arrested For Allegedly Leaking Panama Papers
As police continue to investigate whether the suspect in custody is John Doe, his accomplice, or just a patsy, the Panama Papers have already contributed to the resignations of the prime minister of Iceland and the president of the Chilean chapter of Transparency International.
WW2: The infamous Herman Goering had this quote from the Nuremberg Trials after
"Naturally the common people don't want war: Neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood....