Published on http://www.counterpunch.org/ “disorganization is a kind of anesthesia” Jenny Holzer, Truisms Following our 2016 U.S. presidential election, I am more than ever convinced that th... Read more
Two close advisers to President Biden will also be honored, in addition to career lawmakers who have worked across the aisle and advocates for liberal causes. [...]
Representative Abigail Spanberger of Virginia, the only Democrat in a leadership position to leave Congress this year, talked about her party, her competitive district, and what the Trump era has in store. [...]
Democrats wanted to end the electability debate. After Vice President Kamala Harris’s defeat, a conversation that has frustrated and foiled two generations of female candidates rages on. [...]
Rising from Georgia farmland to the White House, he oversaw the historic Camp David peace accords, but his one-term presidency was waylaid by troubles at home and abroad. [...]
In remarks on Thursday, the president praised Senate Democrats for helping him confirm 235 federal judges, surpassing Donald J. Trump’s first-term total. [...]
Screen shot from the Teamsters Facebook page. The Teamsters’ five day long strike against Amazon ended inconclusively, but the union hinted at future actions with “Stay tuned.” Beginning on Thursday, [...]
It wasn’t Abbie Hoffman's finest moment. But it was one of them. It was a critical moment in 1987 when he and the daughter of a president protested against the [...]
The late centenarian, Jimmy Carter, occupied a difficult position in the line of imperial magistrates we know as US Presidents. Coming to power in the aftermath of murderous US adventurism in [...]
Every foreign-policy remembrance of Jimmy Carter I have seen has focused on the taking of U.S. hostages in Iran, and on the Camp David accord, which re-established diplomatic relations between [...]
In the late 1990s, at the request of five South Korean organizations, I put together a conflict resolution training program in Seoul. The groups were interested in learning more about [...]