23 Numbers to Know About Election 2016
New facts, figures and curiosities that help explain a wild campaign.
Traders placed massive bets minutes before Trump Iran post raising insider trading concerns
Unusual oil and stock trades worth hundreds of millions of dollars occurred minutes before the president’s social media announcement about Iran peace talks, prompting calls for investigations into possible insider knowledge.
Why I’m voting Green in 2020
We need to vote for candidates who represent and are part of the popular movements so we advance the causes of economic, racial and environmental justice.
Here are some of the climate-linked disasters and rollbacks Trump’s ‘environmental leadership’ speech didn’t...
“It's fitting that President Trump is promoting his awful environmental record on the same day that the White House is flooding after a historic storm.”
Until comeuppance smacks Trumpist scofflaws, brace for more lying, cheating & demagoguery
Why enter elections when starting insurrections are so much easier? Why “patronize” elections that are “corrupt” (thus unwinnable) from beginning to end?
The cost of Trump’s wall compared to the programs he’s proposing to cut
America may get its border wall. It just might have to do without a lot else.
Neoliberalism, Russian interference and Mexico’s upcoming election
After almost 25 years of austerity and failed neoliberal policies, the gap between the majority of Mexicans and the country’s obscenely wealthy elite has only widened.
It wasn’t all bad: 5 signs of positive change in 2016
The election divided the year into “before” and “after.” But there remain signs of hope for 2017.
Our worst, lyingest president is also the world’s most delusional seer—an appalling Chicken Little
An America that dares refuse Trump is by definition unworthy, even illegitimate, thus perversely deserves a fate like Humpty Dumpty.
Federal judge approves affordable housing rule despite Ben Carson’s attempts to delay
This is about schools and transportation and doctor visits and grocery stores that people want to be able to access to support their families.