Democrat Candidates Election 2020
Facing Years in Prison for Drone Leak, Daniel Hale Makes His Case Against U.S. Assassination Program
The missiles that killed Salim bin Ahmed Ali Jaber and Walid bin Ali Jaber came in the night. Salim was a respected imam in the village of Khashamir, in southeastern Yemen, who had made a name for himself denouncing the rising power of Al Qaeda’s franchise in the Arabian Peninsula. His cousin Walid was a…
Read MoreAre You A Gen-Z Republican? A Democrat In A Rural State? If So, You Might Be A Political Anomaly, And We Want To Hear From You.
Do you see yourself as a political anomaly? In today’s politics, certain voting groups are often portrayed as monolithic, or only voting one way, even though that’s never the full story. We want to interrogate that narrative and talk to people who don’t believe they check a set box. Think you might fit the bill?…
Read More“We Knew Who Was Going to Die”: Warnings About Lower-Income Heat Risk Went Unheeded
In the wake of an extreme heat event in the Pacific Northwest that killed at least 200 people, a scientist testified before Congress that the deaths could have been prevented. “Those who died lacked access to financial capital, social networks, and had aging or injured bodies,” Vivek Shandas, director of the Sustaining Urban Places Research…
Read MoreThe Coup That Wasn’t
The assassination earlier this month of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse is raising new questions about the threat posed by international mercenaries. It also casts a new light on a story The Intercept published last month that revealed the existence of a 2020 coup plot against the newly elected president of Bolivia, Luis Arcé, successor…
Read MoreHow The World Feels About Holding The Tokyo Olympics Amid COVID-19
Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. Today is the opening ceremony for the 2020 Olympic Games, which were delayed for almost a year due to the coronavirus pandemic. But not everyone is happy that the Games are finally going ahead. Japan, the Olympic host country, has been slow to vaccinate its population against the…
Read MorePrivatizar os correios? Não deu certo na Argentina
Para entender o que pode acontecer se o plano de Guedes e de Bolsonaro de leiloar 100% da estatal ainda esse ano for adiante, é bom olhar para quem já fez isso antes de nós: a Argentina. Spoiler: por lá, a privatização do serviço acabou sendo um desastre. The post Privatizar os correios? Não deu…
Read MorePolitics Podcast: The Great Inflation Debate
By Galen Druke More: Apple Podcasts | ESPN App | RSS According to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, consumer prices rose 5.4 percent between June 2020 and June 2021, exceeding the 2 percent target rate of inflation set by the Federal Reserve. It is the largest 12-month increase since August 2008,…
Read MoreMinnesota Police Expected Pipeline Budget Boost to Fund New Weapons
A few weeks before a controversial oil pipeline was approved for construction in his area, Aitkin County, Minnesota, Sheriff’s Deputy Aaron Cook bought a new assault rifle that cost $725. The purchase was part of an effort to standardize police weaponry, said Cook’s boss, the local sheriff, and was unrelated to the Line 3 pipeline…
Read MoreWhy Biden’s Approval Rating Has Barely Budged In His First 6 Months
The first six months in the White House are often frenzied for presidents as they push for big policy changes to try to live up to their campaign promises. President Biden is no exception. In his first 100 days in office, he signed dozens of executive actions and pursued sweeping legislation, like his $1.9 trillion…
Read MoreWorker Power
Imagine a world where workers have real power. In this world, workers are paid a living wage, are…
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