DN! Stories and analyses about the election of Donald Trump
Why did Trump win?
Secret World of US Election: Julian Assange talks to John Pilger
https://youtu.be/_sbT3_9dJY4 John Pilger.com Whistleblower Julian Assange has given one of his most incendiary interviews ever in a John Pilger Special, courtesy of Dartmouth Films, in which he summarizes what can be gleaned from the tens of thousands of Clinton emails released by WikiLeaks this year. RT Published on Nov 5, 2016 Media More
FAIR | Russia, Terror and Taxes Dominate Debates; Climate, Poverty, Abortion Barely Mentioned
The NSA (along with “privacy” and “surveillance”) and Native Americans have not been mentioned onstage once.
Disastrous Toll of Drug Use Criminalization | ACLU, Human Rights Watch
Enforcement destroys families, undermines health
DN! Henry Giroux: Is Trump’s Rise a Result of America Declaring War on Institutions That Make Democracy Possible? (Video)
Henry Giroux critiques what he believes is a slide toward authoritarianism and other failings that led to the current political climate and rise of Donald Trump.
Vandana Shiva | Ending a Century of Ecocide and Genocide, Seeding Earth Democracy
Our soils are dying. Our societies are dying. Our children are dying—because of diseases caused by food loaded with toxics.
“We No Longer Live in a Democracy”: Henry Giroux on a United States at War With Itself
To transform our society into a democracy, we first have to dismantle the myth of democracy as currently defined.
Cast Your Vote: What Is the Most Effective Form of Civil Resistance?
The whole system is guilty.
Zeese and Flowers | Living In The Illusion Of Democracy
Democrats and Republicans are choosing to only debate Democrats and Republicans, and preventing any competition.
Jason Ditz | Congress Wants Another $1 Trillion To ‘Reboot’ The Military
This trillion dollars easily breaks the budget on already prohibitively high military spending, and it’s just one of many schemes likely to be adopted.
ALEC’s Corporate Influence on State Legislatures (Video)
Video exposes the American Legislative Exchange Council's (ALEC) effort to push corporate backed model legislation in state legislatures.
Corporate Suppression of Direct Democracy Fuels Fight for Community Rights
A study found ... "economic elites and organized groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on U.S. government policy... while... average citizens have little or no independent influence."