For years, activists around the world have argued that extreme concentration of wealth is leading to extreme concentration of power, allowing an ultra-rich few to tighten their grip on governments, economies, and media. America is now the cradle of the new oligarchs
In a chaotic return to power, Donald Trump’s presidency is shaping into an authoritarian experiment fuelled by personal vendetta, constitutional defiance, and reckless policy
No American presidential election choice in 92 years puts the fate of global democracy in voters’ hands as does the effort of an Indian-American woman to demonstrate the existence of an optimistic America with international concerns
Without breaking character, Donald Trump brought his 2024 presidential re-election campaign to a New York City courthouse to show his faithful followers he is unafraid of judicial forces trying to derail his return to presidential power
The blame game for who “lost” Afghanistan is absurd. The real issue is why was America there in the first place? The US military adopted a pattern of deceiving the public about many facets of the war, including willful distortions or flat-out fabrications.
However, an in-person audience limited in size by pandemic social distancing requirements was a reminder that even massive vaccination success in 100 days has only slowed the pandemic.
Biden basically used the Obama mantra of “Yes We Can” in different words, saying, “We have never, ever, ever failed in America when we have acted together. And so today, at this time and in this place, let us start afresh.