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World Insights: U.S. economic anxiety could reshape Congress in midterm elections

Americans are anxious over the economy, and that could cause the Senate, House, or both to flip in November’s midterm elections. The cost of living is Americans’ No. 1 complaint, as prices of food and shelter have outpaced wages and…

The Democrats Need A Concrete Governing Agenda

Since Trump reassumed the presidency, the rank and file of the Democrats have been busy criticizing, for good reason, Trump’s unhinged exercise of power. Given Trump’s onslaught on just about every norm of America’s political, cultural, and economic way of…

The Democratic Party, Now the Leading Party of War.

No votes for warhawks, no matter the Party. John V. Walsh Last May a remarkable column by Stephen Kinzer appeared in the Boston Globe.  It was headlined: “Republicans Return To Their Roots As The Antiwar Party.” More significantly, the subheading…