As North Dakota faces world’s deadliest outbreak, native communities condemn states’ Covid response
“We have to travel to these territories where they’re not wearing masks, they’re not thinking about their neighbors who’ve been impacted.”
Clinton and Trump Meet in Final Presidential Debate: Experts Respond
The Conversation’s experts were watching the debate with an eye across the candidates’ performances and the key policy areas. Their responses follow.
Lawyers bankroll 2020 Democrats with millions in campaign cash
Lawyers are powering Democratic presidential campaigns, continuing the legal industry’s tradition of supporting liberal candidates and causes.
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Sanders, Jayapal re-up plan to make college tuition-free by taxing Wall Street speculation
Sanders' office called the proposal "the most substantial expansion of higher education access since the Great Society and President Lyndon B. Johnson's Higher Education Act of 1965."
Can Dems flee corporate, status quo shackles, then press reforms that address systemic wreckage?
Why did the Harris team think “more of the same” would win this year? Now truly, and not in a good way, anyone can be president – character, morality, competence and respect for the law be damned.
Betrayed Again, This Time By Unconvincing Arguments For The TPP
The TPP reflects the flawed economics and arrogant politics of Wall Street and the national security establishment that has betrayed working people.
Trump’s plan to neuter the white house press corps, and neuter our democracy
We’re in a new era, the reign of King Trump.
Why So Many Americans Defend the Failed Capitalist Experiment
Members of the sinking middle class in our pathologically unequal society may well find it convenient to blame people in lower economic classes, who are unlikely to fight back. It's a game for the people looking down on a troubled nation.
Third-party progressives can win, but they must convince the public
More major party failure could boost the popular appeal of an independent left that seriously competes for power from the bottom up.
Will the Democrats catch a “blue wave?”
It looks like a significant Democratic victory in November – often referred to by commentators as a “blue wave” – is likely. But will they become more committed to challenging the Trump agenda?