From CommonDreams"[T]he Senate is much given to admiring in its members a superiority less obvious or quite invisible to outsiders. . . ." — Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams (1907) Federal courts are a lot like suitcases as events over the last 5 years have shown. There are many different ways to pack them. This would be of no particular interest … [Read more...] about The Art of Packing
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New York State Is Lagging Far Behind on Its Climate Commitments
From JacobinWhat Would It Take? To understand what it would take to actually achieve the CLCPA’s reductions, consider the state’s greatest sources of emissions. Cars and trucks are New York state’s top source of pollution. As of last year, a mere 46,000 out of about ten million vehicles are … [Read more...] about New York State Is Lagging Far Behind on Its Climate Commitments
Chileans Finally Have a Chance to Scrap Pinochet’s Constitution
From JacobinMP How has the tone of institutional and popular politics changed since October 18 of last year? … [Read more...] about Chileans Finally Have a Chance to Scrap Pinochet’s Constitution
At the Debate Last Night, Biden Finally Distanced Himself From the GOP’s Austerity Talking Points
From JacobinA few months ago, our reporting team spotlighted how Joe Biden’s campaign was suggesting that if Donald Trump is defeated, a new Democratic administration may not even try to fulfill its campaign promises because of deficit concerns. When our story went viral, … [Read more...] about At the Debate Last Night, Biden Finally Distanced Himself From the GOP’s Austerity Talking Points
Only a Reckoning With the Disastrous Legacy of the So-called 'War on Terror' Can Heal the United States
From CommonDreamsIn a 1996 essay in Foreign Affairs, the conservative authors William Kristol and Robert Kagan proposed a U.S. foreign policy of “benevolent global hegemony.” Scoffing at former President John Quincy Adams’s maxim that America “goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy,” they asked, “But why not? The alternative is to leave monsters on the … [Read more...] about Only a Reckoning With the Disastrous Legacy of the So-called 'War on Terror' Can Heal the United States