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Tag: Donald Trump

We Interrupt This Trump Soap Opera for a Discussion of 2016...

A historian of American political history and culture reflects on what broke the campaign.

Trump the Arsonist

Whatever happens in November, the forecast is for more stormy weather ahead.

Committee to Protect Journalists Denounces Potential Trump Presidency

According to the CPJ, a Trump presidency represents a looming threat to press freedom unknown in modern history.

Trump, Clinton, Obama and the TPP

The strong American popular opposition to the TPP, the Brexit vote and other recent developments in the West suggest growing rejection of the myth that national public and corporate elite interests are identical.

Donald Trump: The American-Made Fraud

A nation already suffering from unfair trade and archaic bridges cannot afford the raging fireball that is Donald Trump.

The Tarnished Golden Rule

The Trump campaign may be collapsing under the weight of its standard-bearer’s personal history; but an important reason it got this far is that it advanced the lie that American workers would benefit from the construction of a wall.

Expanding the Debate: Jill Stein “Debates” Clinton & Trump

Jill Stein finally was given a chance to respond to the same questions posed to Trump and Clinton.

American Power at the Crossroads

Earth is no longer the property of the globe’s “sole superpower.”

Trump and Clinton Clash in Second Presidential Debate: Experts Respond

The Conversation’s experts from Australia and the US were watching the debate. Their responses follow.

The Anti-Empire Report #145

“Can it be imagined that an American president would openly implore the nation’s young people to fight a foreign war to defend ‘capitalism’?”

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Lawmakers question the scale, legality, and strategy of a massive funding request as troop deployments expand and the conflict shows signs of escalation.

Searching for solace in a nuclearized world

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Big Oil profits surge as Democrats push windfall tax tied to Iran war

Lawmakers and advocacy groups propose taxing fossil fuel windfalls as war-driven price spikes hit American households and deepen inequality.