Wednesday, September 23, 2026

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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.

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EPA says repealing power plant emissions rules will save billions – but its estimate...

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The first trillionaire – no big deal?

Multi-billionaires are bad enough; a trillionaire is a magnitude worse
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NAACP sues Trump administration over armed agents at the polls

The suit cites a fatal Minneapolis shooting by federal agents as evidence of the fear such deployments can create.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers personnel at the O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Plant, which serves Jackson, Mississippi. Photo: Sabrina Dalton, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Appeals court rules the constitution guarantees no right to clean water

A dissenting judge compared the Jackson, Mississippi water crisis to Flint's
A satellite view of Tehran, Iran. Photo: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Trump says he is in ‘deciding mode’ on destroying Iran

The Pentagon's own death count is undercounting US troops killed in the seven-month war, the Washington Post has reported.