Friday, November 13, 2026
The Ambassador Bridge linking Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Ontario. Photo: Ken Lund / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

US-Canada trade war deepens as Trump revives Depression-era trade tool – what’s at stake...

Trump’s use of a trade tool created during the Great Depression helped trigger a trade war between the two border countries, with few signs of de-escalation in sight.

The real face of Washington (and America)

Thank You, Donald Trump

How Trump’s trade policies failed workers

Bad trade costs millions of American jobs. Trump’s brand of deal-making won’t bring them back.

Steven Bannon’s real vision isn’t America first. It’s America alone.

What does it mean for international relations when the most powerful country in the world becomes a pariah state?

The NRA’s Case Against Merrick Garland Just Got Super Awkward

The NRA can't even persuade their own lawyer to turn against Judge Garland.

Why Manafort and Cohen thought they’d get away with it

It takes a special counsel to actually catch white-collar criminals.

Don’t Stop the Revolution: The Sanders Movement After Orlando

This is the most progressive Democratic platform in history, but only because millions of people demanded it – with their votes and their activism. More activism is needed now.

The Republican party and victimhood as ideology

They are victims of themselves for having backed decades of Republican economic policies explicitly designed to shift vast amounts of national income and wealth to those who were already the most-wealthy.

Can a Formula 1 star send a message to the Saudi government?

A lot of people say that sports aren’t a place for “politics.” But what they usually mean is that they want to maintain their willful ignorance.

Orca Theatrical Shows and Breeding Banned in California

California has just become the first state to ban orca breeding and orca entertainment shows.