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U.S. President Donald Trump may, or may not, have been joking when he promised to be dictator for a day or when he called himself “the king” or when he asserted that he is above the law or even when he has teased about seeking a third term. But in his first weeks in the White House, a contest …

The world as we know it is a product of globalization . And this era of globalization might be coming to a close. Donald Trump is back in power, and, to put it mildly, he’s no fan of globalization. The president has publicly “rejected globalism and embraced patriotism” and said that …

The prevailing issue that demands consensus is the economic exploitation and deprivation of our economic model for working people of all demographics. The oligarchs are laughing. The corporatists are laughing. They are laughing at working people as the big con continues. They are laughing at the corporate Democratic Party whose …

We are being attacked from all sides. Everybody knows it. The primary goal of the Deep State – whoever it is — is to massively reduce world population; from currently about eight billion to less than a billion.  Back in the 18th century, maybe earlier, one of the world’s foremost bankers, …

Trump is effectively boycotting the world by withdrawing from international institutions and violating international norms. The world should return the favor. The Trump administration objected so strenuously to a recent speech by South Africa’s ambassador that it expelled him from the United States. What did Ebrahim Rasool say that was so objectionable? …

The world is at a historic crossroads. The unipolar dominance of the United States, built on decades of economic coercion, military interventions, and political subjugation, is crumbling. As the tides of history shift toward multipolarity, with Russia and China leading the way, Washington finds itself at a moment of existential …

If Columbia—with its $14 billion endowment—folds, it’s hard to imagine others won’t follow. U.S. President Donald Trump has never been coy about his desire to bend universities to his will. Last week, Columbia University became the testing ground to see how far he can push that agenda. On March 7, the Administration announced it …

There should be little doubt in anyone’s mind that the “wag the dog” relationship between the United States and Israel has done terrible damage to American institutions and constitutional liberties. The US bipartisan unconditional support of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinian people has not gone unnoticed by the …

While cruelty can be contagious, tyrants fall not just because people oppose them, but because, deep down, most of us long for a world where respect is earned through decency, not domination. When I was 10 or 11, I joined up with a group of girls at summer camp to …

Members of House committees must carefully consider the benefits that these programs deliver to U.S. families before making decisions about where and how to make the spending cuts required by the latest budget. n late February, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a budget resolution that calls for $4.5 trillion in tax …