USA

13/11/24
Author: 
Raphael Fischler
The rear of 114-120 Elizabeth St., a dilapidated building used as housing in Toronto. Photo by Arthur Goss via Flickr, Creative Commons licensed.

Nov. 11, 2024

In North America, we chose right-wing solutions that haven’t worked. What we need to do instead.

Housing is an important political issue. Politicians and experts now talk about it as a major crisis that could threaten our economic and social well-being. But this is nothing new. Another housing crisis raged at the beginning of the 20th century.

11/11/24
Author: 
Michael Harris
Cartoon by Greg Perry.

Nov. 6, 2024

Donald Trump’s victory provides a vivid snapshot of what really mattered to most US voters.

11/11/24
Author: 
Bernie Sanders
Supporters of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump campaigned outside a polling place in McAllen, Texas, on Nov. 5.Joel Martinez/Associated Press

Nov. 10, 2024

They can’t represent both.

The results of the 2024 election have confirmed a reality that is too frequently denied by Democratic Party leaders and strategists: The American working class is angry — and for good reason.

They want to know why the very rich are getting much richer, and the CEOs of major corporations make almost 300 times more than their average employees, while weekly wages remain stagnant and 60 percent of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.

11/11/24
Author: 
Megan Garber
Illustration of Trump and Orwell. (photo: University of Texas at Dallas)

Oct. 31, 2024

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28/10/24
Author: 
Norman Solomon
Image Credit: Gallup

Oct. 25, 2024

While we don't know who the next president will be, some outcomes of the election can be foreseen.

While the name of the next president is unknown, some outcomes of the election can be foreseen. For instance:

28/10/24
Author: 
Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report
Resident looks at his cell phone during power failure in Havana, Cuba, October 20, 2024. Ramon Espinosa/AP

Oct. 26, 2024

The ongoing U.S./Israeli genocide has diverted attention away from other crimes.

The electricity crisis in Cuba is but one example of how the U.S. determination to dominate has created suffering around the world.

24/10/24
Author: 
Elena Stein. Originally published in The Guardian.
Jews Shut Down The New York Stock Exchange Protesting Israeli Genocide

Oct. 18, 2024

Time after time, Sha’ban al-Dalou, a 19-year-old software engineering student living in Gaza, nearly escaped death. He began studying at Gaza’s al-Azhar University two months before it was destroyed in November by a US-made bomb dropped by Israeli forces.

13/10/24
Author: 
Stephen Groves
FILE - Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump greets members of the National Guard on the U.S.-Mexico border, Feb. 29, 2024, in Eagle Pass, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

October 13, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — During his first term as president, Donald Trump tested the limits of how he could use the military to achieve policy goals. If given a second term, the Republican and his allies are preparing to go much further, reimagining the military as an all-powerful tool to deploy on U.S. soil.

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