Besides comprising the wealthiest administration in modern U.S. history, President-elect Donald Trump's 17 ultra-rich cabinet-level picks thus far have a combined wealth that surpasses that…
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A wish list from the conservative House Freedom Caucus delivered to President-elect Donald Trump recommends dismantling a whopping 232 Obama administration rules and regulations that…
When I taught research methods and statistics to graduate students at Brooklyn College, if a student submitted a project like the daily and weekly political…
As millions of Americans desperately seek an alternative to Donald Trump ( http://pac.petitions.moveon.org/sign/ask-electoral-college-1?source=c.em&r_by=1398470 ), the 2016 presidential election now faces the volatile possibility of a…
There is little doubt that white racism played a role in the U.S. presidential election of 2016. As Zach Beauchamp demonstrates in a Nov. 10…
We are sorry that we have not posted anything from Samos over these past few weeks. The mood for writing has not been there. In…
In the United States, healthcare has been one of the biggest political battles of the decade. As a healthcare worker myself, it’s an issue that…
Former Texas Republican Governor Rick Perry, a boardmember of Energy Transfer Partners — owner of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) — has been named U.S. Secretary of Energy…
If ever conditions were ripe for revolution, that time is now—especially for anyone who cares about their health, and the health of planet earth. President-Elect…
With the Electoral College vote less than a week away, Harvard University constitutional law professor Lawrence Lessig says 20 Republican members are considering voting againstDonald…
Over the course of a four-decade-long career, Rudy Giuliani has gone by many monikers (“Rudy,” “America’s Mayor”) and picked up and dropped even more personas:…
A thousand years ago, huge pyramids and earthen mounds stood where East St. Louis sprawls today in Southern Illinois. This majestic urban architecture towered over the swampy…