Politics

The U.S. should not be in the Middle East, but the U.S. government will not be pulling out troops when there is still oil and natural gas there. At some point in time, other countries will get so tired of this endless war they will step in to put an end to it.

As the left increasingly focuses on electoral politics, a new framework is emerging for how candidates who win should partner with social movements.

The three new national monuments in California’s Mojave Desert region link up important wildlife habitats.

The annual winter donor conference the Koch brothers recently held was the biggest they have ever had with 550 attendees. 

We can’t afford to let another supermarket giant gobble up an even bigger piece of the American pie.

We need a populist GND – championed by a principled populist like Sanders – to sweep today’s criminally insane Republicans (whom Biden likes so much) into the dustbin of history.

An unprecedented surge of dark money casts a shadow over the 2024 elections, challenging the transparency and integrity of American democracy with over $162 million in undisclosed contributions.

A group of former congressional staffers put a document online two months ago to help mobilize citizens. To everyone’s surprise, it has grown into a genuine citizens’ movement.

Did anyone believe a crass, greedy business tycoon, forever living on "other people's money," would not find a way to move from budget self-financing to accepting the big money modern elections require? Without tens or hundreds of millions eventually, Trump won't survive the big primaries against well-heeled, personally-insulted foes. And who expects Trump, a rich hypocrite (on so many other issues), to spend his cash when easy money is so available? Easier just to change the con artist's ploy about never being open to rank bribery.

Germany will provide the citizens a monthly stipend of €1,200, or about $1,430, which is just above the country's poverty level.