Brushing aside key issues, the second presidential debate took U.S. politics to new lows with Hillary Clinton bashing Donald Trump over his abuse of women and bigotry toward others while Trump vowed to put her in jail, says Joe Lauria.
Category: Politics
Extracting Lessons from Police Shootings
Key Neocon Calls on US to Oust Putin
The Dangers from ‘Humanitarian’ Wars
The Forgotten Libyan Lessons and the Syrian War
To Fight Global Warming, Canada Ponders a Carbon Tax
Exclusive: While the gridlocked U.S. political process freezes progress in the fight against global warming, Canada is considering a national tax on carbon emissions to give a boost to renewables, writes Jonathan Marshall.
The Joint US-Saudi Guilt for 9/11
A Vice-Presidential Debate to Forget
The Unmourned Plutonium Disposal Deal
Double Standards for Israel and Syria
When Israel bombards Gaza after some ineffectual rocket attacks, the U.S. sees a right of self-defense, but different standards apply to Syria when foreign-backed terrorists fire deadly rockets and mortars, notes Rick Sterling.