Elections
America must renew its infrastructure or face decline
May 20, 2016Politics as usual won't change things. It will take a wave election, a sweeping rebuke to the obstructionist Republican Congress, for anything to happen.
Read moreStopping Trump at the top of the peoples’ agenda
May 18, 2016Donald Trump is an incipient fascist. It's time for the pundits to stop beating around the bush.
Read moreSanders, Clinton fight to keep workers from defecting to Trump
May 18, 2016Democrats will need a campaign based on more than exposing the dangers posed by Donald Trump.
Read morePhilippines elects “Trump of the East” as new president
May 13, 2016He claims to be a "socialist" while threatening to kill trade unionists and courting big investors at the expense of the poor in his home city.
Read moreBucking right wingers, some states make voting easier
May 12, 2016Four states have recently passed automatic voter registration laws and at least five have repealed laws that disenfranchised ex-felons.
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