Category: Politics
Diplomatic Impunity: Trafficking Women to the United States
by Yuko Narushima | Mar 1, 2013 | Foreign Policy, Legal AffairsNew York City Three Filipina women crowd the kitchen of a New York City apartment, ribbing one another over a bubbling fish stew. The eldest, Dema Ramos, is an exceptional cook and has given up trying to suppress her laughter. This outwardly serious mother of five is forcing sweet dough into the funnel of a […]
Clamping Down on Trafficking of Women
by WS Editors | Mar 1, 2013 | Foreign Policy, PoliticsSince the Government Accountability Office identified weaknesses in the A3 and G5 visa system in 2008, the U.S. government has taken steps to strengthen the program. Consular personnel are required to screen diplomats more closely prior to issuing visas to household staff. When diplomats’ domestic workers apply for A3 and G5, U.S. consular personnel must […]
Sequester the Pentagon
by WS Editors | Mar 1, 2013 | Economy, Foreign PolicyWinslow Wheeler described the $54 billion scheduled to be cut from defense spending by sequester as “puny.” The former congressional budget analyst who works for the Project on Government Oversight was not defending the cut. He was putting it in context. More than 45 percent of all money spent on defense by all nations last […]
Candidates, Guns & Money
by WS Editors | Mar 1, 2013 | Legal Affairs, PoliticsWhen Democrats in Congress consider gun control, it is always through the optics of 1994, the year Republicans recaptured the House of Representatives after 40 years as the minority party. Democrats had passed (by a razor-thin 216-214 margin in the House) a crime bill that included a ban on 19 specific assault weapons. The National […]
Environmentalism on the Offense for a Change
by Bill McKibben | Mar 1, 2013 | EnvironmentIt is a pleasure to set my milk crate down and clamber on top, the better to spread the news of the burgeoning movement to fight climate change—a movement somewhat different from the environmentalism of the last couple of decades. That environmentalism, centered in the big green groups of Washington, D.C., has been noble, hard-working, […]
Bad Faith Documentary
Bad Faith
“A great and powerful and timely film” – Ken Burns
Critics are raving about BAD FAITH, the sensational expose of Christian Nationalism from directors Stephen Ujlaki and Chris Jones
“One of the Ten Best Films of 2024” – Variety
Editor’s Picks
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Endgame: The Risk of a Trump Coup and How to Prevent It
By Jonathan Winer
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Electoral Helter-Skelter in 2024
By Mark Medish and Joel McCleary
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By Anthony Barnett
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Bad Faith: Christian Nationalism’s Unholy War on Democracy
By Hamilton Fish
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God and QR Codes for Trump; The Courage Tour Goes to Michigan
By Anne Nelson
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Project 2025: The Latest Plot Against America
By Anne Nelson