Friday, June 26, 2026

Tag: 2024 presidential election

Global alarm as Donald Trump’s re-election sparks fears for human rights...

An in-depth look at the unprecedented concerns raised by Donald Trump’s re-election, from threats to democracy and civil rights in the U.S. to fears of escalated global instability.

What Trump might do in his second presidency and what it...

While the U.S. will not likely become a full blown authoritarian regime, it is certainly no longer a fully functioning democracy.

Trump condemns Iowa poll showing Harris in the lead, calls for...

Describing the well-regarded poll as “suppression,” Trump claimed it was skewed against him and called for it to be made “illegal,” raising concerns about his ongoing attacks on press freedom and the electoral system.

10 ways to be prepared and grounded if Trump wins

It’s important we squarely face the possibility of a Trump victory and what we’d have to do about it. 

Imagine the redemptive marvel when a fully-qualified woman of color with immigrant ties triumphs. And even more terrifying reveal—if she loses

What white, moderate Democratic male, of the right age, stature and competence, would not throttle an unfit, criminal menace whose horror-show regime had a first failed run?

‘Put them in trauma’: Inside a key MAGA leader’s plans for...

1776 and 1860: A key Trump adviser likened the country’s moment to those fractious periods in American history.

Trump and Musk are a match leading us to Hell

The two dangerous demagogues are openly colluding with one another to seize political power so they can milk taxpayers and dismantle government regulations that protect the public.

We need to reimagine masculinity and ask why men are supporting...

 If the traditional man is exalted for providing and protecting his kin and family, could a healthy masculinity reflect someone who wants to protect society and the planet?

This is not a drill. Fascism is on the ballot. But...

Rather than being for personal absolution, voting is a tool in the political toolbox—if the goal is to avert the worst and improve the chances for constructing a future worthy of humanity.

What’s certain about results of the presidential election

While we don't know who the next president will be, some outcomes of the election can be foreseen.

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Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture

The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."

Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta 

Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.

Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future

Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.

Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool

The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.

Alaska governor vetoes single-use polystyrene foam foodware ban

For now, polystyrene products will remain legal for use by commercial food vendors statewide.