The most important issues Americans face today are not solely about Trump’s corruption, lawlessness or open authoritarianism — it’s about learning from history. The 2024 election should be about more than Trump’s ongoing legal travails. They should regard the election as a choice between democracy and the further criminalization of American politics, writes Henry Giroux.
By Henry Giroux
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No politician, journalist or media critic has ever been heard to utter the phrase “as subtle as a Murdoch tabloid”. The headline was “Trumpty Dumpty” with a picture of an egg-shaped Trump sitting on a wall and the sub-head “Don (who couldn’t build a wall) had a great fall – can all the GOP’s men put the party together again?”
View More Trump announces he’ll run for president again as Murdoch turns on him – and it could be politically expensive for both
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has achieved a remarkable political comeback by regaining the presidency of Brazil, however, victorious Lula faces an uphill struggle – a damaged economy and a deeply divided country.
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The U.S. is now considered a “flawed democracy,” according to The Economist’s democracy index. The United States may regard itself as a “leader of the free world,” but it is becoming a ‘developing country’ on global rankings that measure democracy, inequality, writes Kathleen Frydl, Sachs Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University
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If the Amazon rainforest becomes a savanna, there will be reverberations in the climates of South America, the Caribbean, North America and across the globe. Indigenous defenders stand between illegal roads and survival of the Amazon rainforest – elections in Brazil and Peru could be a turning point.
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White nationalism is a political ideology that allows white nationalists to depict a world in which Black and brown people are endangering the livelihoods, social norms and morals of white people. The blatant use of conspiracy theories for political gain reflects the open embrace of white nationalism in not only the United States but also throughout Sweden, France, Italy and other parts of the world, writes Sara Kamali, Professor, University of California San Diego.
By Sara Kamali
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Pakistan, a nuclear nation that is home to some 220 million people, is in a political mess. On April 3, 2022, Prime Minister – and former national sporting hero – Imran Khan dissolved Parliament to get ahead of a no-confidence vote. That vote would have seen parliamentarians decide whether or not to support Khan’s premiership and would have likely seen him ousted from power.
By Ayesha Jalal
View More What is going on in Pakistan? And why has the US been dragged into it?
The most widely publicized threat to the Amazonian rainforest is deforestation. A new study by European scientists released March 7, 2022, finds that tree clearing and less rainfall over the past 20 years have left over 75% of the region increasingly less resilient to disturbances, suggesting the rainforest may be nearing a tipping point for dieback.
By Gabriel Cardoso Carrero, Cynthia S. Simmons, Robert T. Walker
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