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A decade ago Occupy reframed US political debate, trained a generation of activists, and served as a dress rehearsal for movements that followed

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is considering increasing penalties for automakers that fail to meet fuel-efficiency requirements. Though this could be considered a restoration of older standards, depending upon your perspective. Shortly before leaving office, President Donald Trump postponed a regulation from the last days of the Obama administration that would have effectively doubled fines […]

First things first, it is not my intent to outline the entire history of how we got to this place where the intelligence community now acts as the superseding fourth branch of government.  Such an effort would be exhausting and only take our discussion away from understanding the current dynamic. History has provided enough warnings from Dwight D Eisenhower (military aspect), to John F Kennedy (CIA aspect), to Richard Nixon (FBI aspect), to all modern versions of warnings and frustrations from...

Dear Mr. Dohle and Ms. McIntosh: We write on behalf of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), the oldest and one of the largest pro-Israel organizations in the U.S.  The ZOA is a leader in fighting against antisemitism and anti-Israel bias wherever these problems arise. Having received complaints from our supporters and conducting our own review, we are deeply concerned about the factual inaccuracies, material omissions and outright falsehoods contained in one of your recent publications...

Dear Mr. Dohle and Ms. McIntosh:            We write on behalf of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), the oldest and one of the largest pro-Israel organizations in the U.S.  The ZOA is a leader in fighting against antisemitism and anti-Israel bias wherever these problems arise. Having received complaints from our supporters and conducting our own review, we are deeply concerned about the factual inaccuracies, material omissions and outright falsehoods ...

On March 29, the second day of Passover and the first Monday of Holy Week for many Christians, PBS stations... It may help to examine the conduct of Trump’s immediate and hapless predecessor Barack Obama. While Obama managed to alienate all of America’s major Middle Eastern allies, especially Israel, and empower Iranian tyranny, Trump managed to reverse almost all of these mistakes while bringing the kind of diplomatic breakthroughs that Obama dreamed of. Ironically, it is the comparison to...

Review of A Promised Land By Barack Obama (2020, Viking, €29.99) by By Mehar Luthra I used to pride myself on being the most politically unaware human on the planet. I revelled in my political illiteracy. Politics was a snooze-fest. Until, that is, the advent of Obama and Trump. Obama came along, made politics cool and accessible and inclusive and he actually talked  sense. But in defiance of what I thought was history’s establish...

Former President Barack Obama sits down with White House correspondent April Ryan to discuss his new memoir, 'A Promised Land.'