Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Will Obama’s offshore drilling ban be Trumped?

What can a new president and a new congress do?

This small town refused to settle for Wal-Mart when its last local grocery store...

After four years without an independent grocery store, the residents of Iola, Kansas, found a way to bring one back.

Bernie Sanders condemns Trump’s plan to privatize VA

“We must protect the VA, not destroy it.”

2017 – A thunderous clash of politics, economies and policies

The Paris agreement may face a major test and even an existential challenge in 2017, if Trump fulfils his election promise to pull the US out.

America’s major challenges in Middle East policy in 2017

Trump’s announced Iran policy is a mess, and it remains to be seen if he can shape it into something meaningful.

A New Year wish for Donald Trump

Happy New Year, Mr. Trump. You have 20 days in which to learn how to act as a president.

Silent partners

The strange alliance between Israel and Saudi Arabia

Trump initiates a political inquisition; the GOP attacks America’s most important social programs

If the Republicans do exactly what they are threatening to do, instead of working to solve America’s most critical problems, then they will be laying the groundwork for their political extinction.

In historic move, China announces ban on ivory trade by end of 2017

More than 20,000 elephants were killed for their ivory last year, leaving only about 415,000 remaining.

As a Trump administration fast approaches, cities and towns gear up for political resistance

In the years to come, community bills of rights are one strategy to shelter vulnerable populations.