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Politics & Elections
Is the US Public Ready for Single-Payer National Health Insurance?
Health care reform has become a top-down issue — corporate profits and oligarchy vs. democracy and the public interest.
The “Shocking” Truth About Election Rigging in the United States
Paperless and privatized electronic voting systems have made the US tradition of election rigging that much easier.
Latino Advisers to Trump, “We Quit!“
It may have come as a surprise to Trump, a guy who loves to fire people, when half of his Hispanic Advisory Board quit after his immigration speech.
“The Making of Donald Trump”: David Cay Johnston on Trump’s Ties to the Mob and Drug Traffickers
Johnston's new biography of Donald Trump has just been published; it's called “The Making of Donald Trump.”
Why Is Congress 80 Percent Men?
The reasons why our seemingly progressive country is slow to change are complicated.
“Dog Whistle” Is the GOP’s Longtime Political Weapon of Choice
Ian Haney-Lopez's book is timely in the current presidential campaign, given Donald Trump's coded racial appeals.
A Call for Equitable Development
In Baltimore, activists are urging city officials to move beyond “tax increment financing” that privileges billionaires at public expense.
Cheaters Like Trump See Cheaters Everywhere
Trump assumes everyone else is bending the rules like he is.
Outrage in Mexico as President Peña Nieto Meets With Trump
Donald Trump traveled to Mexico City to meet with the president of Mexico, who once compared Trump to Hitler and Mussolini.
Glenn Greenwald: Obama Has Bombed Seven Nations, but Clinton Claims He Has Not Been Militaristic Enough
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald looks at the foreign policies of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.