Archive for January 2026
Voters Do Not Want the U.S. to Acquire Greenland
[ad_1] After invading Venezuela to oust its leader and begin “running” the country, the Trump administration set its sights on Greenland. On January 21, after threatening to use military force to annex the island, President Donald Trump announced a “framework of a future deal” over Greenland. Trump continues to claim that the U.S. will have “total access” to Greenland, while…Read More
With Government Killers Marauding US Streets, a Call Is Rising for Nations to Boycott the World Cup
[ad_1] This week, a leading German soccer official, Oke Göttlich, said that the time has come to consider the unthinkable: a boycott of the World Cup to protest Donald J. Trump’s United States. [ad_2] Source linkRead More
Should Billionaires Exist?
[ad_1] We at Democracy have tracked recent arguments around wealth taxes, but felt there’s an almost philosophical question underlying these scholarly questions. Is the goal of optimal tax policy to create revenue, to create a fair distribution of wealth across society, to enhance economic growth? And does this debate go beyond economics and funding government and into the health of our…Read More
30% of Britons think Burnham would do better job than Starmer as prime minister, poll suggests – as it happened
[ad_1] This blog is now closed. View all our UK politics coverage hereAs Dave Burke reports for the Daily Mirror, the Reform UK MP Lee Anderson posted a picture on social media of himself and activists campaigning in the Gorton and Denton byelection – standing outside a hotel that is actually in Angela Rayner’s neigbouring Ashton-under-Lyne constituency. Rayner told the…Read More
Field Guide to Falling Ill: A Conversation with Jonathan Gleason
[ad_1] Field Guide to Falling Ill is Jonathan Gleason’s prizewinning collection of essays on disease,medicine, and humanity. We sit down with Gleason in this interview to discuss the capacity oflanguage to express, experimental essays, HIV/AIDS, moving beyond medical establishments,the heart, and more. Tell us more about the title of Field Guide to Falling Ill. Jonathan Gleason: The title began as…Read More
ICE: Trump’s killer Gestapo
[ad_1] He and his goons are also liars who should be considered enemies of the state. [ad_2] Source linkRead More
Hidden Foster Care as Neoliberal Family Governance
[ad_1] When J.D. Vance was twelve, his mother, struggling with substance abuse, sped down the highway and told him that she was going to crash the car and kill them both. When she slowed down, Vance fled, his mother was arrested, and the family became the subject of a Child Protective Services (CPS) investigation. As Vance-the-memoirist describes it, he feared…Read More
Why they went back to school, and what they learned
As we prepare for the spring session of the Modjeska Simkins School, we wanted to offer the testimonials of former students so that it might inspire others to sign up for this year’s course. Classes meet Mondays evenings March 2 … Continue reading → Source link www.scpronet.comRead More
Three ways YOU can help teach truth in South Carolina
George Orwell reportedly said, “In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” As we approach the 250th anniversary of America’s founding by revolutionaries, we need more truth, not less. Our school is dedicated to doing just … Continue reading → Source link www.scpronet.comRead More
UK politics: Trump’s Nato claims ‘insulting and frankly appalling’, says Starmer –as it happened
[ad_1] President’s assertion that Nato troops were not on the front line in Afghanistan has sparked widespread angerKeir Starmer’s allies have launched a “Stop Andy Burnham” campaign to prevent the Labour mayor from returning to parliament after the resignation of a Manchester MP triggered a byelection, Pippa Crerar, Jessica Elgot and Josh Halliday report in their overnight story.In a good…Read More