Section: US & Canada
The Democratic Party sold out working people long before Donald Trump
I have written many columns at the Reader and other alternative publications warning that corporate control of the federal government will bring catastrophe for our children and for the planet. I receive a lot of pushback, especially from liberals who argue that Trump is/was such a unique menace that the Democrats had no choice but to join with...
The Soviet Union is long gone, but its aircraft carriers live on
Russian conventionally powered aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov. AP The Soviet navy was never known for its aircraft carriers, and the few it operated weren’t meant for the same kind of operations as their US counterparts. While those carriers didn’t do much for the Soviets, a few of them have lived on and are now important naval...
The Bidens, Burisma, and Hillary: More back story on ‘Kyiv/Washington gravy train’
A year after the Democratic House voted to impeach President Donald Trump, we’re finding out more about witnesses in the impeachment hearings, the Biden family, Burisma Holdings, and now even Hillary Clinton’s campaign. My book “Abuse of Power: Inside the Three-Year Campaign to Impeach Donald Trump” explains that Burisma...
Trump’s recent ploys come straight from the authoritarian playbook
by Lena Surzhko Harned, Penn State and Luis Jimenez, University of Massachusetts BostonSix weeks after the U.S. election, President Donald Trump had still not accepted defeat. This behavior is not typical in mature democracies. And it’s reminiscent of countries with what political scientists call “hybrid regimes” – nations that have...
AG Barr: ‘No reason’ to appoint special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden
Outgoing Attorney General William Barr said Monday he saw “no reason” to appoint a special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden. Barr, in his final press conference before leaving the Trump administration, assured reporters that the investigation into Biden’s business dealings with foreign associates is “being handled...
How Russia’s Feminist Poets Are Changing What it Means to Protest
When Russian poet Galina Rymbu saw images from online flash mobs protesting the arrest of LGBT feminist activist Yulia Tsvetkova in June, she knew she had to add her voice in support. Tsvetkova is based in the Khabarovsk region in the far-east of Russia and has been fined multiple times under Russia’s “gay propaganda” law. The 27-year-old...
How Long Can This Continue?
On Friday, December 18, the secretary of the Army and the Army chief of staff formally disavowed any intention of participating in a military coup: “There is no role for the U.S. military in determining the outcome of an American election.”That’s a fine statement, in line with the long-standing traditions of the U.S. military. It’s...
About 100 anti-govt protesters detained in Belarus capital
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Around 100 people were detained in the Belarusian capital on Sunday during the anti-government protests that were prompted by the reelection of the country’s authoritarian leader and continued for over four months. Crowds of people have taken part in dozens of small rallies scattered all around Minsk — a new tactic used...
President Trump Contradicts Pompeo, Downplaying SolarWinds Cyber Hack
WASHINGTON — Contradicting his secretary of state and other top officials, President Donald Trump suggested without evidence that China — not Russia — may be behind the cyber espionage operation against the United States and tried to minimize its impact. In his first comments on the breach, Trump scoffed at the focus on the Kremlin and downplayed...
Pandemic forced Trudeau back to centre stage, improved his political fortunes
OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau always knew 2020 was going to be a difficult year, his first leading a minority Liberal government dependent on opposition party support for its survival. But that’s turned out to be the least of the prime minister’s worries as the country has lurched from one crisis to another. It started in early January with...
