How Biden flubbed Town Hall foreign policy question
Instead he endorsed some of the most deceptive elements of Trump’s propaganda, dropped some clangers of his own and, in a classic Freudian slip, laid bare his own enduring commitment to American imperialism.
(Belief in) this lie called Democracy
So long as we continue to allow private money into electoral politics, there will never be the foundation for a true democracy...
Trumped
Trump will assume the most powerful position in the world, the presidency of the United States. But there is still a force more powerful: movements.
Syrian Refugees in Canada Donating to Help Climate Refugees (Video)
Annalise Klingbeil of the Calgary Herald wrote that the drive was begun with an Arabic posting on a private Facebook group for Syrian refugees in Alberta province by recent arrival Rita Khanchet.
Former Mayor Pleads Guilty After Embezzling From Food Bank
Although the corrupt former mayor only admitted to stealing more than $5,000, estimates from the food bank place the actual number near $55,000 in stolen funds.
How America’s Embrace of GMOs and Pesticides Could Trigger “Downfall” of EU Farmers
TTIP trade agreement will be boon to Big Ag, study finds.
Trump administration proposes excluding noncitizens from 2030 census count
The plan would also strip race, ethnicity and sexual orientation questions from the count that decides how many House seats each state gets.
A cruel war on immigrants
"The problem is in the program, not in the people."
How Putin’s skill-set shows up Trump’s. One’s a calculating, thuggish, earth-jolting authoritarian, the other...
Their personalities and very different strengths and weaknesses will determine their fate and final standing.
Trump and Kavanaugh win one for the pack
In winning yet again, the big boys made their male tribalism transparent beyond question.