Forty-five blows against democracy
How U.S. military bases back dictators, autocrats, and military regimes.
Black voters sue North Carolina over last-minute purges
The NAACP says the practice is disenfranchising thousands.
Trump’s trade war is about Trump, not China
Those China tariffs aren't surprising. What’s bizarre are the people praising Trump's recklessness and reviving his political fortunes.
Before becoming Trump’s top energy aide, Mike Catanzaro peddled climate change denial as a...
“Tapping Mr. Catanzaro as a White House energy advisor fits with President Trump’s agenda of promoting the interests of fossil fuel industry over the environment and public health.”
US Presidential Election 2020: How the outcome could affect the Canada and climate change
The candidates know about the need to proceed cautiously regardless of their broader positions on environmental change.
If the minimum wage had increased as much as Wall Street bonuses since 1985,...
The 2020 bonus pool for 182,100 securities industry employees could pay for more than 1 million jobs paying $15 per hour for a year.
President Biden: It’s time to suppress the Republican suppressors, time to think outside the...
Many presidents use catchy slogans to have their primary objective stand out for all to see. Remember Trump’s MAGA, “Make America great again?” In the case of Biden let’s make that slogan LSTS, or, “Let’s suppress the suppressors.”
The National Security Case for a TPP Lame Duck Vote: Not!
When Congress meets for its lame-duck session after the elections, it should resist pressure to pass the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
The Presidential Debate That Did Not Really Happen
It was not a debate so much as an opportunity to display Trump’s ability to weave an alternate reality for his acolytes.
Latin America’s new new left
The recent election in Colombia has produced new hope for the country--and for the whole region.