Never in modern political history has it been so easy to “abolish the people” and simply erase 54 million votes cast in a free and fair presidential election. Forget about hanging chads, as in Florida 2000. This is a day that will live in infamy all across the Global South – when what was one of its most dynamic democracies veered into a plutocratic regime, under a flimsy parliamentary/judicial veneer, with legal and constitutional guarantees now at the mercy of lowly comprador elites. After the proverbial marathon, the Brazilian Senate voted 55-22 to put President Dilma Rousseff on trial for “crimes…

President Obama made a passionate plea to Howard University graduates to get involved in the political process during a commencement address that involved a lecture on how to best bring about change as well as recognition of how America hasimproved over the years. Although activism of all types is important, Obama said, many young people aren’t willing to put in the work necessary to turn the dream of change into a reality. "You have to go through life with more than just a passion for change—you have to have strategy," Obama said, saying that what is needed is "not just…

Gerard Adams (Irish: Gearóid Mac Ádhaimh;[2] born 6 October 1948) is an Irish republican politician who is the president of the Sinn Féin political party, and a Teachta Dála (TD) for Louth since the 2011 general election.[3][4] From 1983 to 1992 and from 1997 to 2011, he was an abstentionist Westminster Member of Parliament (MP) forBelfast West. He has been the president of Sinn Féin since 1983. Since that time the party has become the fourth-largest party in theRepublic of Ireland, the second-largest political party in Northern Ireland and the largest Irish nationalist party in that region.[5][6][7] In 1984, Adams was seriously wounded in an assassination attempt by several gunmen from the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), including John Gregg.[8] From the late 1980s onwards, Adams was an important figure in the Northern Ireland peace…

China is doubling down on efforts to keep unprofitable factories afloat despite for years pledging to curb excess capacity, adding to a glut of basic materials flooding the global economy. The country’s overproduction of steel, aluminum, diesel and other industrial goods has driven down prices and crippled competitors, leading to thousands of lost jobs in the U.S. and elsewhere. China’s continuing aid for unneeded factories is triggering a sharp rise in trade disputes and protectionist sentiment, especially in the U.S., where trade has emerged as one of the pivotal issues in the U.S. presidential election. According to a Wall Street…

Karen Armstrong OBE FRSL (born 14 November 1944) is a British author and commentator known for her books oncomparative religion.[1] A former Roman Catholic religious sister, she went from a conservative to a more liberal andmystical Christian faith. She attended St Anne's College, Oxford, while in the convent and majored in English. She became disillusioned and left the convent in 1969.[1] She first rose to prominence in 1993 with her book A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Her work focuses on commonalities of the major religions, such as the importance of compassion and the Golden Rule. Armstrong received the US$100,000 TED Prize in February 2008. She used that occasion…