Sunday, April 20, 2025

Tag: American democracy

The billionaire behind RFK Jr. and Trump: Timothy Mellon’s influence on...

Timothy Mellon, the secretive billionaire, bankrolls both RFK Jr. and Donald Trump in the 2024 election, raising critical concerns about the influence of wealth on American democracy.

America has arrived at a crossroads of history; will it take...

The judges of human history are waiting at the crossroads, waiting for the USA to choose the direction it will take.

Welcome to the American century

We are truly living out the end of the American Century in the world it created.

American Democracy Down for the Count

This little summary just scratches the surface of Scandinavia, so I urge curious readers to Google away. But be forewarned. You’ll find much criticism of all the Nordic Model countries.

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‘No nonprofit is safe’: Trump escalates federal crackdown on civil society organizations

From Ivy League universities to climate and justice nonprofits, the Trump administration is deploying tax threats, federal takeovers, and embedded agents to suppress ideological dissent and dismantle nonprofit independence.

Sick and unsafe: Trump attacks on workers’ rights is an attack on public health

This power shift hasn't just changed paychecks—it has fundamentally altered the physical and mental health landscape for millions of Americans.

‘Zero care left’: UN says Israel has destroyed Gaza’s last hospital amid mass graves...

Mass graves, targeted killings of medics, and relentless hospital bombings mark the collapse of Gaza’s health system under Israeli siege, UN and forensic reports confirm.

Facing Trump’s America

As we experience Donald Trump’s twenty-first-century version of White nationalism, how we dealt with that difficult past should help us remember that we lived through terrible times by confronting them and that we can do so again.

Trump fast-tracks Great Lakes oil tunnel, triggering outcry over water and climate risks

Environmental groups and tribal nations warn the Line 5 tunnel project could endanger drinking water for 40 million people after Trump administration classifies it as an emergency.