US politics

Adam Barnett/ Thomas Frank | ( OpenDemocracy ) | – – The Democrats ditched the working class in favour of a professional elite leaving Trump – a master of ‘resentment politics’ – to hoover up their votes. An interview with Listen Liberal! author Thomas Frank. Now that the Republican Party has chosen a coiffured gargoyle as its nominee for […]

Democratic Party

Top 7 firsts in Women in US Politics

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – As I pointed out, it is all very nice that Hillary Clinton is the first American woman to be nominated as the standard-bearer for her party’s presidential bid, but 11 Muslim women have already served. Women comprise 51% of the US population but they are only […]

Arms Sales

US does 1/2 of all World’s Arms Sales, then Surprised by Global Violence

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By William D. Hartung | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – When American firms dominate a global market worth more than $70 billion a year, you’d expect to hear about it. Not so with the global arms trade. It’s good for one or two stories a year in the mainstream media, usually when the annual statistics on […]

Democratic Party

The most Left Wing Supreme Court in a Generation? Sec. Clinton’s most important Progressive Prospect

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Progressives who had backed Bernie Sanders are understandably upset about the prospect of a Clinton presidency. Some put their hopes in the Democratic Party platform, where Bernie supporters won on issues like a $15 minimum wage. But party platforms don’t mean much in the end. It […]

Bernie Sanders

Sarah Silverman to Bernie or Bust folks at DNC 2016: You are being ridiculous

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NJ.com | (News Video Clip) | – – “Comedian and Bernie Sanders supporter Sarah Silverman took the stage along side of Al Franken to tell the crowd to unite and support Hillary Clinton during the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.” NJ.com: “Sarah Silverman to Bernie or Bust folks at DNC 2016: […]

Arab Americans

Amid Trump Campaign, New Jersey Muslims Step Up Outreach

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By Daniella Cheslow | ( RFE/RL) | – – PATERSON, New Jersey — The president of the largest mosque in northern New Jersey says Donald Trump’s campaign for the White House has galvanized his community to raise its profile and reach out to non-Muslim neighbors. “We’re cautious that we don’t want people to know about […]

Guns

Our American Crimes against the Future

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By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – I recently dug my mother’s childhood photo album out of the depths of my bedroom closet. When I opened it, I found that the glue she had used as a girl to paste her life in place had given way, and on many pages the photos […]

Corruption

Disgraced Wasserman Schultz Resigns as DNC Chair, Gets Hired by Clinton

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By TeleSur | – – Her resignation came hours after Bernie Sanders called on her to step down after emails showed how biased she was against his campaign. The chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, resigned Sunday just two days after thousands of party emails were leaked and was immediately hired by […]

Featured

Islamophobia Kills: German Munich shooter admired Breivik, Killed Turks

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The shooter at a Munich mall last week who killed 9 and left 27 wounded was an admirer of far right wing Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik, and appears to have hated Muslims. Although David Sonboly was of Iranian heritage, he does not seem to have […]