The Nation3h
Ilhan Omar’s American Dream Is Too Strong to Be Diminished
Thirty years after she came to the US, the Minnesota representative keeps the faith in an America that will ultimately reject ...
LAist22h
Trump is trying to remake the presidency. Here's why
The Trump administration has shuttered, fired or targeted for resignation individuals, offices and agencies that could serve ...
The New Republic22hOpinion
Democrats, Shut Down the Government
It’s risky, for sure, but the politics are much better for Democrats than some chin-strokers in Washington believe.
The Aviationist1d
Why Did a South Vietnamese Fighter Bomb the South Vietnamese Presidential Palace?
Near the end of the war in Vietnam, an American-built Northrop F-5 fighter in South Vietnamese markings dropped bombs on the South Vietnamese Independence ...
Council on Foreign Relations1d
What Would Greenland’s Independence Mean for U.S. Interests?
The island’s residents have voted in favor of a party that seeks gradual independence from Denmark. But Greenland has ...
Independent MPs are elected for a reason – hung parliaments may be precisely what voters want
The federal election hasn’t even been called, yet efforts are already underway to sideline the Teals if voters return a hung ...
How Jesse Jackson embodied Southern politics − and changed American elections
Jackson finished second in the Democratic primary to Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis, who would go on to lose the 1988 presidential election to George H.W. Bush. But Jackson’s strong results ...
The parallels between Kash Patel and William J. Burns, a scandal-mongering 1920s FBI director — an FBI historian explains
Some observers have compared Patel to J. Edgar Hoover, the domineering FBI director between 1924 and 1972 who was renowned for FBI abuses. In 1956, Hoover created COINTELPRO, an illegal ...
Greenland Elections Don’t Fully Back Trump’s Takeover Talk. Here’s Why.
The leader of the winning party said he hoped the election would send a clear message to Trump that Greenland was “not for ...
WJCL3d
With Trump and independence on their minds, Greenlanders vote in parliamentary elections
The polls have opened in Greenland for early parliamentary elections Tuesday as President Donald Trump seeks control of the ...
LAist15d
So long, Party City, and thanks for all the balloons
What came first: America's obsession with Halloween or Party City? Steve Mandell launched Party City in 1986 as a single store in New Jersey. He sold cups, napkins and other supplies for birthday ...
Center for American Progress15d
RELEASE: Attack on 90-Year-Old Supreme Court Case Could Doom Independent Agencies and Harm Workers
A new analysis from the Center for American Progress discusses the importance of this landmark case, known as Humphrey’s Executor, which has long protected independent agencies from undue ...