Democratic Socialism in United States: Does Bernie Sanders Need Rebranding?
Why does senator and 2020 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders hold on to the socialist label when so few people know ...
Tag: United States
Haiti’s Recent Protests Expose the Lie of Democracy
The words election and democracy are not interchangeable and it would be a grave error to simply assume that because ...
United States Should Decriminalize Cannabis and Stop Lifetime of Consequences
The United States can’t erase the dark past of the War on Drugs but it can seek to alleviate some ...
‘Healthy’ Smoking Alternative Has Turned Into Adolescent Epidemic: Get Rid of the Juul
Since e-cigarette company Juul has created a younger generation of smokers and because the long-term effects of vaping are virtually ...
American Federalism and Policy Chaos: Marijuana Legalization and Decriminalization
Federalism provides opportunities for local governments to develop innovative policies, but is also chaotic and leads to confusion. Marijuana policy ...
Trump, Fake News, and the Importance of Looking Back
The Trump administration is undoubtedly the most hostile ever towards historians, precisely at a time when they are most needed. ...
Regime Change is Only Way to Save 32 Million Venezuelans from Downright Starvation
The current push for regime change in Venezuela is not just an existential necessity for 32 million Venezuelans deprived of ...
US Household Debt in 2018 Jumps $400 Billion
Total debt held by U.S. households surged by nearly $400 billion in 2018 to more than $13.5 trillion, marking the ...
Why US Needs to Declare Date for Troops to Depart from Afghanistan
Successive US administrations have recognized that they cannot afford to be the glue holding Afghanistan together forever. Although most pundits ...
US-Taliban Peace Talks: Deal Without Afghans?
Over the past four months, a series of talks have taken place between the United States and Taliban representatives. However, ...
The Disingenuous Efforts of Barring Huawei
When people in Washington or the Pentagon are talking about the importance of banning Huawei from the United States or ...
Will Trump’s Border Wall Keep Mexican Migrants Out or Lock Them In?
Walls are typically designed to keep people out, but in the case of the border wall between the US and ...
Globalization and Inequality: Sharing Wealth One of Society’s Greatest Challenges
Globalization and technological change pose great opportunities for the world economy and have helped lead to historical reductions in poverty. ...
To Improve Border Security US Needs Real and Lasting Immigration Reform
Despite the political rhetoric, there is no legitimate crisis at the US-Mexico border, just the endless task of policing the ...
Beyond Compromise: Government Shutdown Reveals US Politics at Crossroads
The ongoing US government shutdown represents a new political era where politicians refuse to be ethically compromised by temporary partisan ...
Since Khalilzad, US Peace Attempts in Afghanistan Have Been More Damaging than Winsome
Zalmay Khalilzad's appointment in September as the US Special Envoy for Afghanistan has bypassed even the most unexciting but truly ...
An Immigrant’s Perspective on How to Fight Racism in America
Perpetrators of violence and hate share the bulk of the blame but immigrants could also do more to overcome the ...
National Emergency Over Wall Funding: Not So Fast Mr. Trump, Where’s the Fire?
Several times during the government shutdown, Trump has threatened to declare a ‘national emergency’ on the nation’s southern border so ...
United States Economy: Beguilingly Calm Period Before Proverbial Storm?
Many metrics about the United States economy tell us that it is doing well: it is growing rapidly, many American ...
Trump’s Prime-Time Oval Office Speech is Debasement of Hallowed Tradition
Donald Trump’s address from the Oval Office about immigration was a delivery of lies and half-truths. Ironically, by granting primetime ...
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