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In 1904, O. Henry coined the phrase “banana republic” to describe a country where the government supports big business for the exclusive benefit of the morbidly rich. A government of, by, and for what that generation called the “fatcats” or the “robber barons.”The banana republic-ication of America just kicked into high gear, and, curiously, there’s…
Opinion by Thom Hartmann Last Sunday the richest man in America — who owes most of his wealth to President Obama bailing out his electric car company and government contracts — endorsed a man for president who’s a naked racist, fascist, and xenophobe who famously said: “My whole life I’ve been greedy, greedy, greedy. I’ve grabbed…
‘A Soldier’s Journey’ The long-awaited centerpiece of the National World War I Memorial was unveiled Friday, a 25-ton, nearly 60-foot-long relief capturing the human toll of the war. Located just east of the White House in Pershing Park, the relief panel is the largest freestanding bronze sculpture in the Western Hemisphere. The piece depicts more than three dozen figures…
America’s Cup On Saturday, Emirates Team New Zealand won the America’s Cup for the third time in a row, beating the INEOS Britannia challengers 7-2 in the final race series. Two days earlier, the British dream of a “Miracle on the Med,” which would’ve brought the Cup back to England for the first time since 1851, seemed like a real…
Get ready: Trump and his neofascist MAGA movement may soon be coming for you.They’re already explicitly gunning for journalists like me who write for Raw Story (which, along with The New Republic, Daily Kos, Alternet, Common Dreams and others, regularly publish my articles), CNN, The Washington Post, and Reuters, according to an astonishing new investigative…
The Quebec government is introducing a new generation of flood maps aimed at better protecting residents from climate risk, while Montreal presents a compelling—but not yet funded—vision of an urban paradise that will be affordable, leafy, and mostly car-free by 2050. The nascent flood management plan announced by the François Legault government last week contains…
Nicolas Hulot, France’s environment minister, resigned publicly on Aug. 28, denouncing the influence of lobbyists on his government. The most powerful lobby is that of the oil industry, which is mobilizing around the world to dissuade states from adopting effective measures against greenhouse gases, while global warming threatens the survival of humanity.In Quebec, this lobby…
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As the world reeled from the unexpected outcome of the United Kingdom’s disastrous Brexit vote on June 23, 2016, Jason Kenney notoriously tweeted: “Congratulations to the British people on choosing hope over fear by embracing a confident, sovereign future, open to the world!”ANNOUNCEMENTS, EVENTS & MORE FROM TYEE AND SELECT PARTNERSA Home Made for Indigenous…
Rage Against the Mainstream Welcome to today’s issue of The Run. I’m Jen St. Denis, Tyee reporter devoted to all things politics this election season. For the past few months, I’ve been submerging myself in the right-wing media sphere and my, what a strange world it is. I’ve dipped into the very extreme, dark world…
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