Category: North America

There is a great deal of institutional diversity among democracies. At a high level, you have presidential and parliamentary systems, unitary and federalist systems, and […]

It’s Tuesday. Here’s a liberal look at the news. The midterms are coming, whether we are ready or not There are 28 days until November […]

Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. In this week’s issue, we have stories on:  Another court loss for San Francisco’s “empty […]

A whistleblower has come forward to allege that the FBI investigated peaceful anti-ICE and border patrol protesters after they were ordered to do so by […]

A federal court struck down a California rule that required voters to sign and return vote-by-mail ballots on paper, rather than doing so electronically. The […]

This story was originally published by High Country News. The Smokehouse Tidal Marsh project on the Swinomish Indian Reservation, which began in 2022, will turn […]

Only 17 percent of Americans approve of how President Donald Trump is handling the cost of living, according to a recent poll from the Associated […]

Donald Trump has spent his political life treating the press as a prop. Friendly outlets are the audience he performs for, while hostile ones are […]

The Supreme Court convened on Monday for another exciting round of “how far will they go?” and, as luck would have it, the putative leader […]

This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Federal Judge Kathleen Cardone granted a preliminary injunction Friday to […]

Republican operatives are gearing up to deploy an “insurance policy” in a “blood-red” state as a GOP Senate candidate hand-picked by President Donald Trump struggles […]

A glib rally comment by Donald Trump on Monday night that he would be fine with Iran bombing either Los Angeles or San Diego set […]

Plus an AutoZone location unionizes, strong results in Delaware, Raman leads in the polls, and more in Chapter and Verse, Democratic Left’s monthly round-up of […]

On Sunday, the Green Party of England and Wales passed a motion defining Zionism as a form of racism. Within hours of the vote, Israel’s […]

While detained at Michigan’s North Lake Processing Center, Lucia learned she was pregnant — a nightmare scenario for her and many other women who are […]

Last week at The Atlantic, Sophie Gilbert wrote a gripping analysis of the Cornell gang rape case, in which she laid out the decades of […]

When Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin declared in September that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents could serve warrants on individuals at polling places this fall, […]

Democratic Senate candidates like James Talarico in Texas and Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan are breaking the partisan mold of how politicians and campaigns reach voters. […]

American health officials are on high alert following reports of a death in Russia that may be linked to pneumonic plague. The cause of death […]