Tag: elections
Why do we even have voting machines?
Americans, who have grown jaded about machine voting, and distrustful about its integrity at the same time, should be demanding a return to paper ballots.
As epic losses mount, Trump’s one ‘win’ spurs the ultimate boomerang
The good news/bad news is that Trump is no better at criminality (or hiding secrets or deflecting retribution) than he is at being a mock, TV-celebrity president.
Citizenship through the eyes of those who have lost the right...
At least 6 million U.S. citizens cannot vote in the United States because they have been convicted of a felony.
Who’s buying our elections? Inside the shadowy world of ‘Dark Money’
Salon talks to director Kimberly Reed about her new documentary.
After an ‘educator spring,’ teachers storm elections
“Angry educators are flooding down-ballot races.”
Mexico’s election was a victory for democracy itself
The hunger for change manifested at the polls provides a vital impetus for the government as it begins to overcome Mexico’s vested interests and democratic deficits.
‘Progressive’ Democrats need to reconnect with the American people; regain their...
Progressive Democrats must make the restoration of this government to one “Of the people, by the people and for the people” their main objective.
New polls show anti-Trump isn’t enough to beat GOP
The latest numbers tell us a lot about the limits of denouncing Donald Trump without offering much more than a return to the old status quo.
Tip was right
Will voters awaken in California’s 49th? Will there be a wave of Democrats to replace the corrosively corrupt Republicans in a Congress stuck on stupid?
Three elements coalescing to send Trump and Republicans into a crushing...
It’s time for America to, once again, become the government of, by and for the people.
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US-Israel strikes on Iranian oil depots trigger environmental disaster and historic oil shock
Bombing of energy infrastructure in Tehran sparks toxic rainfall warnings, record crude price surge, and accusations of war crimes as fires and smoke engulf Iran’s capital.
Trump’s Iran war costs $1 billion a day while hospitals close and healthcare disappears
Critics warn the administration’s military campaign could fund food aid and healthcare for millions of Americans already struggling with rising prices.
Despite twisted hype about “so much winning,” America staggers, the self-inflicted, breakthrough icon of...
The only yellow brick road towards more affluence for the under-trained or geographically-limited is to match skills with today’s employment demands or pull up stakes and move to less benighted areas.
The brave new war machine
How a clique of unhinged techno-optimists is putting humanity at risk.
Pesticide linked to Parkinson’s disease to stop production
While Syngenta officially cited "significant competition" from generic manufacturers and low profit margins, the chemical giant currently faces thousands of lawsuits in the United States from farmers affected by the disease.