US Politics
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...
Trump lost: long live Trumpism!
by Dimitris Konstantakopoulos
More than one week after the dramatic events in the United States, a lot of confusion reigns on what really happened, but...
Donald Trump pardons ex-strategist Steve Bannon and dozens of others on...
Jan.20, 2021
President Donald Trump has pardoned former chief strategist Steve Bannon as part of a late flurry of clemency action benefiting more than 140...