You might be seeing Congressman Ted Lieu’s name a lot lately. Or, at least, seeing his name pop up on your Twitter timeline with RT frenzy. Though the California politician, who represents Southern California’s 33rd district, has been doing serious legislative work in the past few weeks—he’s currently a pushing a bill he authored restricting…
Presidential candidate Donald Trump, December,2015. Flickr/ Matt Johnson. Some rights reserved.He seems to have come out of nowhere; is immoderate and choleric, and he uses a rhetoric full of rage and a mystifying almost unfathomable message. His policy positions do not square with those of the party he claims to represent and, at the moment,…
Several weeks ago, sports talk show host Mike Francesa said on his show that, despite the rise of Spurs assistant coach Becky Hammon, there was “no shot” for a woman to rise to the title of head coach in his lifetime. Reacting to those remarks and the subsequent discussions they spurred, NBA commissioner Adam Silver issued…
Climate Truth/Flickr. Some rights reserved.Despite the fact that climate scientists are in near total agreement that climate change is real, manmade, and harmful, about 40 percent of the US population rejects the scientific consensus. This is not necessarily a big deal in and of itself. Lots of people reject scientific consensuses – evolution and the…
Click:defoaming performance He predicted the most shocking moment in American political history. But it turns out that was only part of the story. Last year, American University Professor Allan Lichtman used a statistical model to accurately predict Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential election victory. He was initially ridiculed for making the bold claim, but now looks…
Souvenirs shop, Damascus, April 2016. Hassan Ammar/AP/Press Association Images. All rights reserved.The assaults on rebel-held districts of Aleppo by Russian and Syrian government forces have been deadly, not least the targeting of hospitals. These have earned strong criticism from United Nations staff as well as western governments. In the case of Washington, such criticism can…
In life, there are no second chances. But if Joe Biden could have done it all over again, he would have run for president. And he thinks he could have won. “The answer is that I had planned on running for president, and although it would’ve been a difficult primary, I think I could’ve won,”…
NATO German warship FGS Bonn is part of flotilla patrolling the Aegean Sea in an effort to curb migrant activity between Turkey and Greece. Markus Schreiber / Press Association. All rights reserved. Relations between NATO and Turkey appear to be at a crossroads. Never before as in recent months have so many critical voices been…
Madrid´s Mayor, Manuela Carmena, makes a speech on Sunday, May 24, 2015. AP Photo/Paul White. All rights reserved. The smart city model has become extremely influential throughout the world in the last decade. But this model, based on centralised management and the commercialisation of citizen's information, is now falling apart. It doesn't stop there. All…
Regrets, I’ve had a few. The words of Frank Sinatra’s classic ballad “My Way” are more poignant than ever. Not only was the song chosen by President Trump himself for his first dance at the presidential ball celebrating his inauguration, it’s also come to symbolize a growing chorus of his supporters. A new Twitter account…