Tuesday, May 7, 2024

There’s No Business Like the Arms Business

Weapons “R” Us (But You’d Never Know It)

Joining Trump to undermine election results, GOP senator proposes nullifying all mail-in ballots not...

Tallying every vote within 24 hours of polls closing would be "impossible" in many states, legal scholar Richard L. Hasen told Slate.

Study Confirms Network Evening Newscasts Have Abandoned Policy Coverage For 2016 Campaign

It’s troubling that the networks have decided this year to walk away from their responsibility to help inform voters about key issues of public concern.

Something to celebrate: 6 women who won historic firsts

A woman was not elected to the highest office. But other women who ran on platforms of equality and progressive reform did win.

The coming civil war over Trump’s ego

Civil war is unlikely, but the weeks and perhaps months after Election Day will surely be fraught.

Biden’s chance to revive US tradition of inserting ethics in foreign policy

Joe Biden has promised to set a different course, to “reclaim” America’s “position as the moral and economic leader of the world.”

Russia and the future of Europe

With EU elections approaching, the Kremlin has backed some of the most noxious reactionaries now operating on the world scene.

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.

Victory in superdelegates fight means: Grassroots can win

Leadership must come from the grassroots. That’s how superdelegates met their long-overdue demise.
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Cornel West: Corporate media’s superficial coverage helped create “fascist Frankenstein Trump”

On Tuesday night, Senator Bernie Sanders openly criticized CNN’s handling of the debates. He told CNN’s Jake Tapper, “Your question is a...