Financial markets appear more than happy to overlook the authoritarian impulses and violent promises of Brazilian presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro, hoping he will deliver decisive, pro-business economic policies
It is unlikely that those who have argued that the superrich should have the unlimited right to spend in American elections are suddenly concerned about the influence money can have on politics. They just donāt like it when small donors play the same game
What if the rise of the Sweden Democrats has less to do with exposure to immigration, and more to do with rising inequality, driven by austerity and financials shocks?
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’ ideas and dogged campaigning were the engine which powered the upset
In a remarkable display of grassroots power, the Denver chapter of Democratic Socialists of America successfully convinced the Denver Democratic Party to endorse a key tenet of democratic socialism
Delta Cuts Ties With NRA and Could Lose Its Stupid Tax Subsidy as a Result
When he was assassinated in 1968, King was in the midst of waging a radical campaign against economic inequality and poverty, while protesting vigorously against the Vietnam War
Today, around 185 communities in the United States offer some form of public broadband service
Atlanta police officers told charitable individuals that they can no longer feed the homeless without applying for and receiving a permit
Socialist Ginger Jentzen is running for the Minneapolis City Council
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