Monday, May 6, 2024

Boris Johnson, ‘political vegemite’, becomes the UK prime minister. Let the games begin

To no-one’s great surprise, Boris Johnson has been elected by the members of the Conservative Party to be the new leader, and...

Not Just Skin Deep: Europe Reflects On America’s Gun and Race Violence Epidemic

Are we already facing a crisis point of open-ended, pointless violence, or is this simply a preamble to a truly nightmarish century?

God on his Side? Doug Mastriano’s rise in Pennsylvania’s GOP gubernatorial primary

Another extreme wing of the Republican Party is emerging, and it’s not all Trump.

Exploiting Russiagate coma, Democrats raped climate movement

Never expect a climate warrior to fare well in a Russiagate party obviously at war with talking about climate.

Meet the activists still fighting the anti-woman legacy of Bill Clinton’s welfare reform

Why welfare activists are throwing their weight behind the RISE Out of Poverty Act.

Joe Arpaio to run for Sheriff again

Arpaio says that if re-elected he will reopen the Tent City jail.

We, the Plutocrats vs. We, the People

The religion of inequality -- of money and power -- has failed us; its gods are false gods.

How Ron DeSantis blew up Black-held congressional districts and may have broken Florida law

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis made Florida’s congressional map far more favorable to Republicans. Did this violate the state constitution?

The Trump administration thinks grad students aren’t workers. Grad students tell them to think...

In 2016, the National Labor Relations Board ruled that student researchers and teaching assistants at private universities have the right to collectively...

Hill Republicans: Trump is fritzing out

"He’s losing it fast. My betting is he’s out of office before the midterms. And Pence is president."