Saturday, October 31, 2026

Tag: American democracy

The billionaire behind RFK Jr. and Trump: Timothy Mellon’s influence on...

Timothy Mellon, the secretive billionaire, bankrolls both RFK Jr. and Donald Trump in the 2024 election, raising critical concerns about the influence of wealth on American democracy.

America has arrived at a crossroads of history; will it take...

The judges of human history are waiting at the crossroads, waiting for the USA to choose the direction it will take.

Welcome to the American century

We are truly living out the end of the American Century in the world it created.

American Democracy Down for the Count

This little summary just scratches the surface of Scandinavia, so I urge curious readers to Google away. But be forewarned. You’ll find much criticism of all the Nordic Model countries.

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The entrance of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building in Washington.

McMahon plans $43,279 in office furniture as Education Dept shrinks

Senators Baldwin and Murray asked the Education secretary to cancel the purchase. The department says her current furniture does not fit its new office space.
Voters stand at voting stations in a polling place.

In a Country That Needs Heroes, Here Are a Few Standouts This Election Season

“Right now, the United States is unhappy enough to need a lot of heroes.”
Protesters carry Palestinian flags and signs at a demonstration in Berlin.

Rape as a Tool of Empire: Cornell, Palestine, and the Silence of Western Feminists

“In both cases, their perpetrators and assailants can leave the crime scene unscathed, with their hands clean.”
Blue entrance of the Karnes County Civil Detention Center with metal benches outside

ICE lists 36 detainee deaths in fiscal 2026, most since 2018

The agency's own page shows 29 deaths by mid-April and seven more through Aug. 23; DHS has said the size of the detained population explains the rise.
The Meta sign at the company's headquarters. Photo: Nokia621 / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

New Mexico judge orders Meta to pay $25 billion over misleading privacy statements

A jury found 43.9 million violations tied to Cambridge Analytica, and the judge cut a roughly $219 billion maximum to $25 billion