Section: US & Canada
Ukraine’s post-election message to White House: Leave us out of U.S. political feuds
From Trump’s impeachment to Giuliani’s scandal-seeking missions, Ukraine is tired of being in the middle. …read more Source:: The Washington...
How to De-Trumpify the Justice Department
In late August, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division announced that it had issued requests to New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Michigan concerning their handling of the coronavirus in nursing homes. The unspoken threat, it seemed, was that the department could file lawsuits against these states—all run by Democratic...
Club-wielding police in Belarus arrest over 500 protesters
KYIV, Ukraine — Club-swinging police went after demonstrators in Belarus’ capital who were demanding the resignation of the country’s authoritarian president on Sunday, the 90th consecutive day of protests. Human rights activists said hundreds of people were arrested. Thousands of demonstrators tried to enter the centre of Minsk from...
More Than Just An Onlooker, Ukraine Largely Relieved At U.S. Election Result
Ukraine was both a bystander and part of the story of the showdown between incumbent U.S. President Donald Trump and his challenger, Joe Biden. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ralph Nader’s election postmortem: Democrats won. Now what?
Apart from barely squeezing through the swing states to defeat corrupt, incompetent, lying, corporatist Donald Trump, the Democratic Party had a bad election.Loaded with nearly twice as much money as the Republican Party, the Democratic Party showed that weak candidates with no robust agendas for people where they live, work, and raise their...
Club-wielding police in Belarus arrest nearly 400 protesters
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Club-swinging police went after demonstrators in Belarus’ capital who were demanding the resignation of the country’s authoritarian president on Sunday, the 90th consecutive day of protests. Human rights activists said nearly 400 people were arrested. Thousands of demonstrators tried to enter the center of Minsk...
Foreign leaders rush to congratulate Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
Remember when America wasn’t constantly standing alone? When we weren’t the only nation to withdraw from the Paris Agreement? When we weren’t the only nation to destroy the treaty that prevented Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons? When we weren’t the absolute worst nation in the world when it comes to our response to the...
The Crisis of American Democracy Is Not Over
The 2020 campaign was long and brutal, unfolding before a backdrop of death and economic decline. When all the votes are counted, a challenger will have unseated an incumbent president for only the 10th time in American history. Donald Trump’s presidency is over.Blinded by their contempt for Hillary Clinton, much of the 2016 electorate...
World Leaders Offer Congratulations to Biden, Harris
After days of shying away from comment on America’s presidential election, world leaders including British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and German Chancellor Angela Merkel tendered congratulations Saturday to Joe Biden after Pennsylvania’s vote results made him the projected winner.“The U.S. is our most important ally and I look...
How the World is Reacting to Joe Biden’s Election Win
Congratulations have been pouring in from around the world for Joe Biden after he claimed victory in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. World leaders will be closely watching how Biden plans to reshape U.S. foreign policy. Many quickly expressed a willingness to work with the President-elect and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris to develop...
