Tag: 2016 Presidential Elections
Observers sent to polling places to help protect voters
These poll watchers will be sent to places more likely to be affected by racial discrimination, intimidation or other means of depriving voters.
With voting rights protections gutted, polling places have been shuttered on...
Decisions to shutter or reduce voting locations are often made quietly and at the last minute, making pre-election intervention or litigation virtually impossible.
‘We are not ready’: Arizona voters warn Election Day could be...
Phoenix heads into Election Day with last-minute law changes, misinformation, long lines, and threats of intimidation.
Why is Washington still pushing the trans-pacific partnership?
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) embodies the stacked deck. It was negotiated in secret of, by and for the global corporations.
Eight ways to strengthen our democracy beyond voting
The strength of our civic life depends on what we do outside elections.
Like a halloween nightmare, this election keeps scaring us to death
Only the silver stake of an actual election can finally kill these spiteful specters, and save us from this long night of phantasy horror.
Will the DOJ or FCC Stop the AT&T Merger From Creating...
“If you’re not a Time Warner shareholder ... if you’re not a Wall Street banker, there is very little in this deal for you.”
Can Any U.S. President Ever Overcome the Power of the Establishment...
I firmly believe that the days of the Establishment and the existence of the Circle of Power and Control are clearly numbered; and it’s only a matter of time before this controlling entity becomes a thing of the past.
American Irrationalism: Sleepwalking Into Oblivion
There are hundreds of millions of Americans who know that something is terribly wrong, but they lack the words and ideas to make sense of what is happening around them.
Bad Hombre
Michelle, you get four years off for great behavior but we want to see you run in 2020. No one could heal this nation better.
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Make corporate complicity unprofitable: Gen Z campaign launches boycott of companies tied to ICE
As Trump intensifies immigration crackdowns, a new boycott movement targets the corporations supplying ICE with infrastructure, technology, and access to consumers.
Democrats’ last major obstacle to defeating MAGA for good
If all Americans regardless of their political beliefs, racial backgrounds, and economic standing were required to serve together and learn from each other to achieve a goal as a cohesive unit, it could be what helps future generations heal from the division that’s plaguing our political system.
UNICEF warns child casualties are becoming catastrophic as evidence grows in Iran school bombing
More than 1,100 children have been killed or wounded across the Middle East since the United States and Israel launched war on Iran while investigations point to outdated intelligence behind the Minab school strike.
Where’s the resistance to the Iran war?
A majority of Americans already oppose the war in Iran, but the bombs won’t stop until public opinion is converted into real pressure.
How accent discrimination reinforces America’s deepest divides
The American Southern accent reveals how linguistic prejudice reinforces classism, regionalism, and subconscious bias across generations.