USA

The last two weeks have given clear support to the thesis that a hot head, a cold heart, and a stunning capacity for lying is at the core of Donald Trump, (awful) president and (worse)…
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It is worth clarifying that when we talk about ideologies, it is not to emphasize major philosophical differences between Trump and those he fires, but to refer to each person's vision…
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Trump and Republicans branded their huge corporate tax cut as a way to make American corporations more profitable so they’d invest in more and better jobs. But they’re buying back their…
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Our problem in the United States today is that the barbarians are already in Rome. They sit in the Senate. They control the palace. They make the laws and interpret them. They make…
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The future of America is in your hands. More people voting would not only mean "different political parties with different platforms and different candidates," the writer Rebecca Solnit…
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At this point in our history, Progreso Weekly / Semanal understands that our aim must be refined, and that, at the same time, explaining the context of events occurring is now more…
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Although it seems like a century since he took office, Donald Trump has been president for less than 15 months. In search of the most important things about the president —attitudes,…
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Trade wars are lose-lose propositions. The Smoot-Hawley Tariff of 1930 resulted in a trade war that helped plunge the world into the Great Depression. And Trump’s “easy to win” remedy…
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In the aftermath of the shootings in Parkland, Florida, and the activism of high school students, corporations are bailing out of their deals with the NRA. Preventing gun violence is…
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My heroes are the young people who survived the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, and all the students across the country who are mobilizing in…
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