After Sinclair won the California Democratic primary in 1934, business and media elites helped derail his bid for the governorship.
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Is the U.S.-brokered peace agreement between Rwanda and the DRC a genuine path to sustainable peace, or a continuation of U.S. President Donald Trump’s coercive diplomacy?
Trump’s dismissal of Epstein conspiracies has caused a rift with his support base.
For the classical Greeks, citizenship was a binding relationship of reciprocal duties and obligations owed to all other citizens. The law, they believed, was king.
Americans of both parties are worried about Trump having a third term, and have other shared concerns.
Just having plenty of money does not guarantee success fo an insurgent political movement in the US.
There’s been plenty of futile talk of ceasefires before in the Gaza conflict.
The two are probably as close as ever, but it’s not currently politically expedient to acknowledge it in public.
Democratic governors and President Donald Trump agree to fight an invasion of non-native fish that has spread up the Mississippi River and threatens the Great Lakes.
While the lion’s share of Greens preferences went to Labor, 75% of One Nation put Coalition ahead.
This is not the start of another Iraq, it’s the continuation of a presidency defined by impulsive power, unchecked force and disdain for democratic constraint.
A nation’s history is told by its records. The White House no longer publishing Trump’s full remarks makes this history less complete.
With the unpredictable Trump regime running the US and looming climate catastrophe, analysts Hugh White and Emma Shortis call for a fresh approach to our security.
Authorities have been using “less lethal” weapons against protesters in Los Angeles, but they can still cause serious injuries and even death.
In theory, travel advisories are meant to inform travellers and keep them safe. But these advisories are often shaped by politics, not real world risks.
Immigration is often a sticking point between rightwing politicians and the businessmen who fund them.
A rubber bullet to Channel Nine reporter Lauren Tomasi’s leg signals media freedom in the US is again under attack.
This devastating book successfully prosecutes the case of Biden’s decline and the conspiracy to hide it – but underplays Biden’s achievements.
Presidents have used the national guard before, but only to protect civil rights, not to deny the right to protest.
Jim Chalmers, Andrew Leigh and Gavin Newsom are among the high-ranking politicians reading and sharing Abundance – a book that urges the left to reset its priorities.
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