US Politics
The ‘Swamp’ Donald Trump Promised to ‘Drain’ Is Growing Again
By Emily Cadei
02/08/17
Al Mottur admits to not only counting his chickens before they hatched but putting out all the fixings for a fried...
Ahistorical 1776 Report Issued by Trump Denounced as ‘Racist Garbage’ and...
"Releasing the 1776 Commission report on MLK Day is the Trump administration reaffirming its commitment to racism above all else."
by Andrea Germanos
Jan. 19, 2021
The Trump...
In his final days, Trump lifted his ban on aides joining...
By Rachel Marsden
21 Jan, 2021
One of Donald Trump’s major selling points from the outset was his insistence on tackling the special interests responsible for corrupting...
All the Jews Biden has tapped for top roles in his...
From secretary of state to attorney general, a diverse cross-section of American Jewry is set to fill seats at the incoming president’s Cabinet table...
Gender, Ethnicity and Cinema
I’m Your Woman: The problem of films not genuinely drawn from life
By David Walsh
20 January 2021
Directed by Julia Hart; written by Hart and Jordan...
USA: Danger of authoritarianism
Biden Administration Announces Plan to Combat ‘Domestic Extremism’
Intelligence agencies to conduct a threat assessment
Posted on January 22, 2021Categories
On Friday, White House Press Secretary Jen...
Trump Makes First Public Comments Since Leaving Office
By Jack Phillips
January 22, 2021
Former President Donald Trump said Friday in his first public comments since leaving office that he’ll make a comeback in...
Joe Biden must put an end to business as usual. Here’s...
In this time of unprecedented crises, Congress and the Biden administration must respond through unprecedented action
By Bernie Sanders
Jan.20, 2021
A record-breaking 4,000 Americans are now...
Biden Lifts Health Care Plan From Insurance Lobbyists
The incoming president’s plan mimics an insurance industry letter, instead of pushing a promised public option or Democratic legislation to expand Medicare
By Andrew Perez...
Why There Was No People’s Rebellion Against a Fascist U.S. President:...
by Paul Street
January 15, 2021
Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair
Last Friday’s New York Times included Paul Krugman’s elementarily accurate editorial observation that “Donald Trump…is indeed...