By Robert Speel | – No matter the outcome of the presidential election, it seems likely that Democrats and Republicans will end up in court. President Trump has said he’s going to contest the election results – going so far as to say that he believes the election will ultimately be decided by the Supreme […]
Archives for November 2020
How will the US election Change the Mideast?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – If Joe Biden wins the presidency and the Democrats sweep to power in both houses of Congress, it will have a huge impact on domestic policies, on everything from health care to workers’ rights to green energy. But the impact on foreign policy would be equally significant. The biggest foreign […]
Make This Election About Health Care
By Elaine Shelly | – (Otherwords.org ) – There should only be one America: one where we all get the best care and the widest range of choices. By Elaine Shelly | October 28, 2020 My mother is a Black woman. But when I had to place her in nursing home care in 2016, I […]
Trump Sold out Workers like Me
By Robert Morrison | – ( Inequality.org) – When I attended President Trump’s October 13 rally in Des Moines, I was disgusted by the lies I heard. Trump likes to brag about how many jobs he’s created. He likes to claim that he’s fulfilled his promise to be the “the greatest jobs president that God […]
In Turkey, life for Syrian refugees and Kurds is becoming increasingly violent
By Yasin Duman | – A spate of attacks in Turkey on Syrian refugees and Kurdish internal migrants and displaced people in recent months have put both communities on edge. In July, a Syrian teenager working as a market seller in Bursa, northwestern Turkey, died after he was attacked by a group of men. Another […]
Top 5 Ways Trump Failed you too Epically ever to be Reelected
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – 1. Environment. This is the biggest single issue. Trump is a real-life world-destroying Thanos from the Avengers, and is trying his best to commit planeticide. His policies will kill the earth. The human race has a window of about 20 years to avoid the worst impacts of the climate emergency. […]
What if the outcome of the Presidential Election is Disputed? A Constitutional Scholar explains the Murk
By Richard Pildes | – As I’ve Zoom-traveled the country speaking about legal issues involving the election, I have found myself, as well as audiences, bewildered and frustrated by one underlying question: Why is there so much legal uncertainty about so many critical questions concerning the rules for resolving a disputed presidential election? If ever […]
Has American History Bent toward Racism and the Southern Strategy, from Nixon to Trump?
( Tomdispatch.com ) – It was summer almost half a century ago when I got into that Volkswagen van and began my trip across country with Peter, a photographer friend. I was officially doing so as a reporter for a small San Francisco news service, having been sent out to tap the mood of the […]
Whoever wins the Election will face Severe Eviction Crisis, as 30 million brace for Homelessness
Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) – Whoever wins Tuesday’s election is virtually certain to be confronted by a severe foreclosure and eviction crisis as state and local governments face acute budget shortfalls. These crises interact with each other and in ways that intensify the economic damage they inflict. The harm is also psychological […]
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