Mexican Americans are the largest Latino group in the U.S. but lack political power
Mexican Americans make up the nation’s largest Latino group, yet they remain politically outshined by more recently arrived Cuban Americans.…
“Obviously a mistake”: Ted Cruz back in Texas after outrage over Cancún trip
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) flew to Cancún, Mexico, on Wednesday with plans to “stay through the weekend,” as hundreds of…
Several Republican and Democratic lawmakers emerge as troublemakers
Several Republican and Democratic lawmakers are emerging as troublemakers within their parties and political thorns for their leadership. Why it…
Biden’s economic centrism isn’t exciting, but right for these divisive times
In an age of hyperpartisan politics, the Biden presidency offers a welcome centrism that might help bridge the divides. But…
Armin Laschet elected as leader of Merkel’s CDU party in Germany
Armin Laschet, the centrist governor of North Rhine-Westphalia, was elected on Saturday as the new leader of Germany’s Christian Democratic…
Biden eyeing Buttigieg for China ambassador
President-elect Joe Biden is considering a high-profile ambassadorship for Pete Buttigieg, possibly sending him to China, people familiar with the…
Vital Signs: Janet Yellen, the very model of a modern Madam Secretary
It is widely tipped that US president-elect Joe Biden will nominate Janet Yellen as Treasury Secretary – one of the…
21-Year-Old Sean Reed Live Streamed His Own Fatal Police Shooting | NowThis
This 21-year-old filmed his own death by police shooting on Instagram Live — officers can be heard joking about the…
The emerging plan to save the American labor movement
The Center for American Progress (CAP), one of Washington, DC’s most influential liberal think tanks with deep ties to the…
Rahm’s “solutions” to gun violence are the problem
CHICAGO HAS been in the headlines once again after the city was rocked by gun violence over the summer, including…
1968: A war on dissent in the streets of Chicago
THE 1968 presidential election campaign unfolded in an atmosphere of crisis for U.S. rulers. The Vietnam War was the decisive…
Race is still the central dividing line in the Democratic Party
What do Democrats fight about when they’re just fighting among themselves? The same thing the country fights about: race. I’m…
How do we confront a Supreme threat to choice?
DONALD TRUMP promised on the campaign trail in 2016 that he would appoint enough anti-choice Supreme Court justices to overturn…
Why the DNC Thought a Phishing Test Was a Real Attack
On Wednesday, the Democratic National Committee was alerted by Lookout, a mobile security firm, about an apparent phishing campaign. Someone…