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.
It’s Rigged: Takes One to Know One
Increasing skepticism of the U.S. government can either lead to ugly conspiracy theorizing, or fuel a movement to bend the status quo.
Bernie Sanders Questions Staggering Price of Cancer Drug
“Members of Congress can no longer allow the drug companies to charge our people the highest prices in the world. We have to make a stand.”
Fracking Pumps Up Public’s Climate Fears
Governments worldwide are finding that public opposition to fracking for gas is growing because of concerns that it will worsen climate change.
Screwing With and Screwing the Elderly and Disabled
The American people should be demanding annual benefit adjustments that reflect the real world confronted by the elderly and disabled and not simply the fantasies of political hacks in Congress.
The Worst Place on Earth
Death and Life in the Lost Town of Leer
Our Long National Debate Nightmare is Over
Until the public demands better, the puppet show will go on.
Revealed: How Dirty Production of NHS Drugs Helps Create Superbugs
Active ingredients used in antibiotics get into the local soil and water systems, leading to bacteria in the environment becoming resistant to the drugs.
UK Oil Companies Set to Drill in the Arctic
The rush comes after the Foreign Office last year talked up the opportunities for British business of a melting Arctic.
Missing From the Debates: Climate Change, Poverty, Campaign Finance and More
The presidential candidates have not been asked questions on some of the critical issues facing us, and Chris Wallace has no plans to ask them.