Who Cleans the Windows of Glass Houses?
Either Meg Whitman considers herself above the law or she was knowingly breaking it.
Tied to the Tracks
It’s beginning to look as though President Obama is going to be run over by the train that is the Angry American Voter.
Four Hundred Thousand Reasons to Vote
Millions of women could be pushed out of the middle class and into poverty.
Lessons of the Obama Debacle
President Obama and the Democrats face a rout in the upcoming midterm elections. Columnist Walden Bello explains what’s gone wrong, and how to make it right.
One Nation: Uniting for Jobs, Not War
At the historic One Nation Working Together march, activists made the connection between unemployment and our outsize military budget.
The Midterm Elections and What They Will Mean for the Progressive Movement
Will the Democrats lose the House? How many seats might they lose and why? View the opinions of three experts from the Institute for Policy Studies.
A Radical Agenda in Troubled Times
In a Congress controlled by the emerging far-right wing of the Republican Party, the winners would be the people who are already winning.
Hot Fudge Sundae Diet
Republicans are promising to solve all our problems without cost or pain.
The Midterm Elections and What Will They Mean For The Progressive Movement
Please join IPS associates Steve Cobble and Bill Fletcher Jr. and IPS fellow Karen Dolan for an informative discussion about what the mid-term elections might mean for progressives and our various issues. Hear projections, analysis and responses. Engage in a lively discussion.
A Nation still Divided: Rwanda’s elections provoke fierce debate at Washington briefing
A tense briefing on Rwanda’s August 9 elections demonstrated that politics still evoke a strong emotional response from many Rwandans, 16 years after their devastating genocide.
Mexican Elections: Oaxaca and Territory in Play
The elections of Sunday, July 4th, in 14 Mexican states can be seen as a struggle for Mexican territories by diverse power groups, including the drug cartels.
Briefing: Rwandan Elections and Implications for The Great Lakes Region
President Obama said, in his 2009 speech in Accra, Ghana, that America should support strong institutions and not strong men. However in the case of Rwanda, this has been no more than rhetoric. Rwandans, like most Africans, cheered Obama’s election, hoping that it might signal a new, more peaceful and cooperative relationship between the U.S. and Africa, but Obama has expanded AFRICOM, the U.S. Africa Command, and now he remains silent as Rwanda’s strongman, President Paul Kagame, prepares a sham presidential election to retain his brutal grip on power.
So What If Democrats Lose?
Voting for the lesser evil still isn’t good enough.
Protesters Speak Out Against U.S. Support for Ethiopian Government
The sizeable DC Ethiopian diaspora protested U.S. tacit support of the corrupt Zenawi, who was recently re-elected.
Let’s Hear from Candidates–Not their Spokespeople
Can journalists give the people the information we need to make rational decisions in elections anymore?