Jan Nijman describes the demographic changes in what has become one of the country’s most politically divided states.
Category: Until This Day–Historical Perspectives on the News
ELECTION 2020: Reclaiming American Idealism
As he lived through the nightmare of the election campaign just past, William J. Astore dreamed of an entirely different country. Anything but this one.
What Africa & Asia Can Teach Each Other
The shockingly inept response by many Western countries to a historic pandemic has amplified calls for Africa to turn to its once-closest allies, writes Vik Sohonie.
ELECTION 2020: ‘Sleepy Joe’s’ Task Is to Put Liberal America Back to Sleep
After four years of Trump and in the midst of a pandemic, the idea of sleeping through the next presidential term probably sounded pretty appealing to liberals, writes Jonathan Cook.
A History of Contested Presidential Elections, from Samuel Tilden to Al Gore
If either Trump or Biden refuses to concede, Robert Speel says it wouldn’t be the first time turmoil persisted for days and weeks after an election.
100 Years Ago, First Commercial Radio Broadcast Announced Election Results
Politics would never be the same, writes Richard Gunderman.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Talk of Another Pink Tide
Expect an orgy of U.S. subterfuge. If there’s one thing Washington cannot abide more than a working social democracy, it’s a working social democracy in Latin America.
Ending Regime Change — in Bolivia & the World
Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies address the illegal and destructive uses of U.S. military, diplomatic and financial coercion since Sept. 11.
ELECTION 2020: Democracy Calls Us to Fight ‘Lesser of Two Evils’ Argument
From “Hope and Change” to “Make America Great Again, the system entices people to consume the illusion of choice, writes Nozomi Hayase.
Key Pentagon Official Turned China Policy Over to Arms Industry & Taiwan Supporters
The triumph of corporate and foreign interests over one of the most consequential decisions regarding China is likely to bedevil U.S. foreign policy for years to come, writes Gareth Porter.