Tag: Election 2016
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.
Ken Bone Works for Coal Company Opposed to Climate Regulations
“I got no funding of any kind. I work in coal and I care deeply about the environment.”
Is This Election Inspiring a Democratic Awakening?
A citizen-centered view of democracy emphasizing the agency of the people was widespread in the civil rights movement and is emerging again in the 21st century.
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.
Gary Johnson – The More You Know Him, the Less You...
The lack of public interest for real democracy showed that Johnson cannot be trusted as a leader.
CNN Records Reporter Telling Debate Focus Group What To Say
Was the focus group being coached?
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.
Climate Change All But Ignored Again at Presidential Debate
"Climate change demands the attention of both candidates and their parties, and it is shameful that it was given so little."
After Threat to Jail Hillary, CNN Anchor Compares Trump to Stalin
“Stunning. Just stunning.”
Television the Enabler
How the medium that created the GOP nominee is undermining his campaign.
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Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.
Pentagon seeks $200 billion for Iran war as costs surge and Congress pushes back
Lawmakers question the scale, legality, and strategy of a massive funding request as troop deployments expand and the conflict shows signs of escalation.
The Paris Prelude: Why the US and China are moving toward a Cold Peace
Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.
DNC approach to Israel is political malpractice and moral failure
On no issue is that more apparent than the DNC’s insistence on treating Israel as above serious reproach.
Scale raises the ceiling, but fiscal foundations determine whether autocracy or democracy prevails
The implication is stark: democracy is not only a constitutional or ideological arrangement; it is fundamentally a fiscal one.