With President Biden’s withdrawal from his presidential bid, Vice President Kamala Harris is the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party for the presidency. Kamala Harris’s parents gave her the [...] Continue Reading
Elections
Entusiasmo Por la Candidatura de Kamala Harris
El presidente Joe Biden terminó su campaña de reelección el 21 de julio y respaldó a la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris para sucederlo como candidata demócrata. Biden, de 81 años, estaba bajo presión [...] Continue Reading
Colombia Puts Its Money Where Its Mouth Is
In May 2022, Colombia elected its first progressive center-left government with the ticket of Gustavo Petro and Francia Márquez, of the Historic Pact Party. This ended a long period of right-wing [...] Continue Reading
Election in Mexico
What some polls predicted was confirmed on the night of June 2 when Mexico’s National Electoral Institute (INE) confirmed the election of Claudia Sheinbaum, of the Morena (Movimiento de Regeneración [...] Continue Reading
Elecciones en México: Aplastante Victoria de MORENA
Lo que algunas encuestas predecían se comprobó la noche del domingo 2 de junio cuando el INE (Instituto Nacional Electoral) confirmó el triunfo de Claudia Sheinbaum, de MORENA, a la presidencia de [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor
November Is Getting Close It’s little wonder so many people are fed up with politicians. And that’s a bipartisan thing. Take, for example, the president’s recent grandiose announcement about [...] Continue Reading
Milei, un Político Populista Fuera de Control
(Nota del editor: esta nota se reproduce con la autorización de Tribuno del Pueblo, https://tribunodelpueblo.org) Desde hace algún tiempo, se está dando un fenómeno bastante particular en América [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor
Trumpism Is Rebranded Racism! Amid this brouhaha about Trump the loser, Trump the leader, Trump the owner of the Right Wing, etc., etc., etc., the underlying question we are missing is: “What is [...] Continue Reading
The Truth Be Told
Peggy Noonan, an author who served as a speechwriter in the Reagan administration, wrote an article titled “Dem Problems: A Great Political Party Can’t Thrive on Snob Appeal” that appeared in the [...] Continue Reading
México to Elect Its First Woman President
Officially, three candidates will appear on the June 2 ballot when Mexicans elect their next president. However, only two have a realistic chance of winning. Claudia Sheinbaum, age 61, is from the [...] Continue Reading
Las candidatas y el Candidato a la Presidencia de México
El 1 de marzo del 2024 empezaron en México las campañas electorales las cuales definirán quién asumirá la presidencia en las elecciones generales del 2 de junio de 2024. Según el Instituto Nacional [...] Continue Reading
Primary Candidates Challenged the Status Quo
Several progressive first-time candidates ran for elective office in the March 2024 primary. Candidates Bryce Herrera (Board of Supervisors District 2), EJ Hinojosa (Board of Supervisors District 3), [...] Continue Reading