Ohio Gov. John Kasich, right, joined by Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, left, speaks during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, June 27, 2017. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)
American Duopoly

Ohio Governor John Kasich Foresees End of Two-Party System

Kasich said that both the Republican and Democratic parties are failing the U.S. people, noting that “we may be beginning to see the end of a two-party system.”

by Jay Syrmopoulos

Trump and the GOP’s Israel Policy Is About Defunding Democrats

Donald Trump’s Israel policies may have more to do with outmaneuvering Democrats than they do with any concern for Middle East peace.

Trump and the GOP’s Israel Policy Is About Defunding Democrats

Vice President Mike Pence’s trip to Israel last week revived warnings by foreign policy experts over the Trump administration’s controversial announcement that it will break with past policy and relocate the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem. “It’s still mysterious just how Mr. Trump believes he has advanced the cause of peace, or

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Jonathan Marshall

Jonathan Marshall

Jonathan Marshall is author of many articles on military procurement and contractors, including “US Arms Makers Invest in a New Cold War,” “Feeding the Military-Industrial Complex,” and “New Navy Ship Leaking Tax Dollars.”

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The Crack-Up:  Donald Trump And The Fourth Great Shattering 

A country that hasn’t had a civil war in more than 150 years, where secessionist movements have caused merriment not concern, now faces divisions so serious, and a civilian arsenal of weapons so huge, that the possibility of national disintegration has become part of mainstream conversation

The Crack-Up:  Donald Trump And The Fourth Great Shattering 

When the historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., published his bestseller The Disuniting of America in 1991, he didn’t seriously entertain the worst-case scenario suggested by the title. At the

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John Feffer

John Feffer

John Feffer is the director of Foreign Policy In Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies. He is the author of the dystopian novel Splinterlands (Dispatch Books/Haymarket, 2016).

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Study: America’s Partisan Divide Reaches New Heights Under Trump

The partisan divide reached record levels during Obama’s presidency, but that gap has grown even wider in Donald Trump’s first year as president.

Study: America’s Partisan Divide Reaches New Heights Under Trump

The partisan divide on fundamental political values – including attitudes about race, immigration, and the social safety net – reached record levels during Barack Obama’s presidency, but that gap has grown even wider in Donald Trump’s first year as president, according to a study released Thursday. The 107-page Pew Research

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Poll: Trump’s Election Is Stressing People Out, Especially Women

The poll found that women Democrats are more than three times more likely to have attended a political event or protest in the past eight months than Republican-leaning women.

Poll: Trump’s Election Is Stressing People Out, Especially Women

American women are paying more attention to politics since Donald Trump was elected, according to a Pew Research Center report released Thursday, and the same percentage of Americans of both sexes said they find it stressful to talk politics with people with whom

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North Carolinians Revolt Over Republicans’ Brazen Post-Election Coup

“The avalanche of anti-voter surprise bills introduced yesterday by the extremist leadership of the North Carolina General Assembly in a constitutionally suspect ‘extra session’ is an insult to the democratic values held by all people of goodwill in this state.”

North Carolinians Revolt Over Republicans’ Brazen Post-Election Coup

Refusing to accept Republican lawmakers' brazen power grab, hundreds of North Carolinians flooded the halls of the General Assembly building in Raleigh Thursday evening to shame the officials as they passed a series of

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America’s Polarized Congress Reflects A Divided U.S. Public

The polarized, gridlocked nature of Congress reflects the increasing divisions in U.S. society itself.

America’s Polarized Congress Reflects A Divided U.S. Public

NEW YORK,  - Less than 15 percent of U.S. citizens approve of the job that Congress is doing, a 40-year low, and few expect last week’s congressional elections to herald a new era of political cooperation.

However, the polarised, gridlocked Congress reflects the increasing divisions in U.S.

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