Five things to know about Germany’s government crisis
November 13, 2024 BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced he will ask for a vote of confidence in December, setting the path for an early election in…
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Lawmakers toppled the French government. What happens now?
With the success of a motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Michel Barnier's government, the period of political uncertainty is set to intensify.
Back in the 19th Century, Your Election Ballot Could Double as a Work of Art
During and after the Civil War, inventive illustrations allowed Democrats and Republicans to turn American ballots into powerful propaganda A selection of ballots from the 1860s shows a variety of…
Here’s the Pro-Palestine Speech the DNC Refused to Put on TV
Ruwa Romman, who is a Palestinian American and the first Muslim woman to serve in the Georgia House of Representatives, had hoped to give a speech on Palestine at the…
The One Vice Presidential Pick Who Could Ruin Democratic Unity
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro is a leading candidate to be Kamala Harris’s running mate. Selecting him would fracture the party.
Corruption in New York’s Redistricting Plans
Progressives and Democrats were cheered last week when New York state’s highest court tossed out the 2022 congressional district map and ordered the state’s Independent Redistricting Commission to draw a…
Oklahoma election recall
Oklahoma council member's ties to white nationalism
The Price of Paperless
Cold winds carry lead-filled dust from a nearby slagheap, a hundred million tonnes of toxic tailings, and scatter it on clothes hanging from laundry lines, on open buckets of drinking…