Politics/gov is a category reporting, analysis, vision & strategy bearing on issues relating to politics and government that includes legislation, adjudication, and what is typically called executive action and program – government behavior and prospects.
I just got back from Labor Notes. Itās the biggest conference of the grassroots, activist wing of the labor movement. Thousands of…
All objective analyses and data point to the Democrats numerically defeating the Republicans on November 3 in at least the House of…
The Republic of Colombia celebrated elections on May 31. Two candidates ā IvĆ”n Cepeda on the left and Abelardo de la Espriella…
In the span of one month, May 2026, one of Canadaās oldest mining firms,Ā Sherritt International, was distressed by US regulatory lawfare and…
Let us, if only briefly, give thanks for the peacemakers, whatever their poor qualifications and whatever folly drove them to war in…
Bolivia is at breaking point. For over forty days, the cities of La Paz and El Alto, along with the regions of…
Last weekās SpaceX IPO made Elon Musk the worldās first trillionaire, despite the fact that the company has lost tens of billions…
Among the familiar sea of Israeli flags at the Jerusalem Day Flag March last month, another symbol caught my eye: a light-blue…
The international communityās approach to conflict resolution has undergone a profound and dangerous structural shift, moving away from the pursuit of political…
On June 12, 2026, a UK judge at Woolwich Crown Court convicted four Palestine Action activists as terrorists and sentenced them to…
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