Friday, August 14, 2026

Tag: Joe Biden

Biden vs. Trump: A rematch fraught with voter apathy and partisan...

As Biden and Trump clinch their party nominations for a historic rematch, voter enthusiasm hits a new low, reflecting a divided nation's quest for alternatives.

Trump’s return threatens climate progress, study reveals

New analysis warns that a second Trump term could unleash 4 billion more tons of CO2 by 2030, derailing global efforts to combat climate change.

Dodging Biden’s moral collapse is no way to defeat Trump

Biden apologists go on and on with evasion and verbal gymnastics to defend the indefensible.

Magical thinking about Biden 2024 paves the way for another Trump presidency

Biden's approval plummets as key demographic support wavers: staffers voice concern over Gaza policy.

Backing Biden for 2024, conformist Democrats have been in denial. Now...

“The truth remains that a president is not his party’s king and has no automatic right to renomination.”

Biden’s climate catastrophe: IRA unleashes fossil fuel frenzy, jeopardizing environmental future

This scenario poses a stark contradiction to the Act's intent of fostering a greener future.

The Inflation Reduction Act: A boon for Big Oil and a...

This revelation raises crucial concerns about the effectiveness of the IRA in combating the escalating climate crisis.

Defrosting the cold war with China

Biden and Xi urgently need to go to a couples counselor to air their grievances, identify mutual interests, and commit to the process of getting to maybe.

Biden approval among Democrats falls 11 points as he greenlights Israeli...

"Biden's immediate and decisive show of support for Israel following the October 7 attacks by Hamas appears to have turned off some in his own party," wrote a Gallup research consultant.

What’s with the Biden age mania? Life counts. Do youth fetishes...

America early on was where nutcase Spanish explorers first sought the Fountain of Youth. Instead, what counts is the Fountain of Age as both attainable and infinitely more valuable.

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The west front of the U.S. Capitol. The Protected Time Off Act, pending in Congress, would guarantee full-time workers two weeks of paid annual leave. Photo: Architect of the Capitol (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

US workers average 10 paid vacation days a year, and 33 million get none

Twenty-five OECD countries require employers to provide at least 20 days. The US legal minimum is zero, and 57 percent of the lowest-paid tenth of workers get no vacation at all.

Chris Hedges and Albert Raboteau on ‘American Prophets’ importance in an age of radical...

Watch the two thinkers talk about Raboteau’s book, which discusses the work of religious figures such as Dorothy Day, Thomas Merton and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Justice Department drops multiple corporate crime investigations

A reported decision to abandon several major corporate crime cases has raised concerns that the federal government is easing pressure on corporate misconduct.

The Mexicanization of the United States

The destruction caused by neoliberalism is global. The patterns of economic, social, cultural and political assault that Mexico has suffered are afflicting countries from Greece to the United States. Only a worldwide anti-capitalist resistance movement will save us.

The dark and sinister ideology driving Elon Musk’s actions

The stakes are higher than they’ve ever been, and their power as elected officials sworn to uphold the Constitution is far greater than an unelected billionaire’s artificial power as Donald Trump’s hatchet man.