Category: North America

Friends, It’s impossible to understand American politics without also understanding the American economy (and vice versa). Politics and economics may be different disciplines but they’re […]

Remarks delivered by DSA Co-chair Megan Romer at the Party of the European Left conference in Brussels. The post Militarism: the Biggest Obstacle to Socialism […]

President Donald Trump is again highlighting his performance on a cognitive screening exam as evidence of what he called “extreme intelligence,” following the release of […]

A few days ago, I put one of my college-age children on a plane to Berlin, on the way to a month-long theater intensive. It […]

In the February 2019 issue of Armeiiskii Sbornik, the Russian Ministry of Defense’s official magazine, there is an article titled “Supersoldiers for the Wars of […]

A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent was arrested in Texas on Friday after he was charged by Minnesota officials for allegedly shooting a Venezuelan […]

Throughout his second term, President Donald Trump has been on a relentless push to boost fossil fuels, undermine renewable energy, and end all federal regulation […]

This story was originally published by Vox and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Earlier this year, a billionaire investor and philanthropist named Tom Kaplan auctioned off a […]

Donald Trump’s Saturday Truth Social spiral drew swift mockery from critics across the political spectrum, with a prominent journalist declaring the president was “really crashing […]

The Department of Homeland Security is looking into selling the $70 million luxury jet acquired by its former chief, Kristi Noem, according to reporting by […]

When the Pentagon announced a $620 million loan last year to a small North Carolina startup linked to Donald Trump Jr., defense officials and the […]

José Antonio Kast, a once-marginal figure who rode fearmongering on crime and migration to Chile’s presidency, is taking pointers from far-right leaders in the region.

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. When it comes to California’s climate future, the most important figure in the […]

This story was originally published by Canary Media and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It’s set to be an abnormally hot summer this year—but […]

A Republican strategist predicted that Trump wants to remain in his GOP kingmaker role even more than a third term. “I’m not a person who […]

The wife of embattled Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner fired back at headlines swirling around her husband’s newly revealed sexting scandal. In a video […]

Today, we published Megan Wachspress on a hypothetical Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez presidential run. Keen observers noted that it is not really an endorsement or a call […]

In preparation for President Donald Trump’s UFC fight on the White House South Lawn next month, Pentagon officials are hoping to lure hundreds of troops […]

Millions of people across the country are marking International Workers Day in the true tradition of the holiday that was born right here in the […]