This reform aims to restore public trust in the political process, countering the power of wealthy donors and special interests.

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders delivered a pointed critique of Democratic Party leadership shortly before Vice President Kamala Harris conceded the presidential election to Donald Trump on Wednesday.

An in-depth look at the unprecedented concerns raised by Donald Trump’s re-election, from threats to democracy and civil rights in the U.S. to fears of escalated global instability. Donald Trump has ...

Amid mounting evidence linking the herbicide paraquat to Parkinson’s disease and other severe health issues, seven U.S. senators recently called upon the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ...

Professor in the Department of Government at the University of Essex. Her research interests are Authoritarian Regimes, Populism, Failed States, Internatio ...

Trump may have to rely on mobilizing local police forces. More troubling is that this could spawn vigilante justice movements that take matters into their own hands, and try to round up immigrants in ...

The host of COP28, the UAE, used the climate summit to strike a dozen fossil fuel deals according to the campaign group Global Witness. The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) either negotiated or ...

As the U.S. election draws near, a coalition of progressive organizers and activists—calling themselves “Harris Voters for Human Rights”—has taken an unusual dual stand: backing Democratic nominee ...

The legal challenge asserts that PepsiCo and Coca-Cola have falsely promoted their products as recyclable, despite knowing the significant environmental harm plastic pollution causes. Los Angeles ...

While everyone’s attention will be on who our next president will be, the U.S. Air Force will test-launch an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile with a dummy hydrogen bomb on the tip from Vandenberg ...

Behold the central importance of electing officials with knowable, trustworthy characters, especially in an age where violence is the first and last resort of corrupt, dishonest and incompetent losers ...