SNAP and its precursors have weathered plenty of efforts to shrink the safety net. Its decades of bipartisan support make it likely to survive this one.
US President Donald Trump in 2017 and George W. Bush in 2008.
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On March 1, Donald Trump imposed a series of steel and aluminum tariffs. To understand their potential impact, it’s instructive to look at what happened after George W. Bush enacted similar measures in 2002.
Trump talks tough at the U.N. General Assembly.
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The president threatened North Korea and decried the decimation of the American middle class – but didn’t have much praise for the work of the United Nations.
FEMA’s handling of Hurricane Katrina inspired resentment in the affected communities – but did it bring about real change in the organization?
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Donald Trump’s speech on “principled realism” in Afghanistan contained few surprises. Now, under the aegis of DOD chief Mattis it is the latest stage in America’s “forever war.”
The offensive to retake Mosul from Islamic State has damaged thousands of structures in the historic Old City.
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The West needs to push for local action against Islamic State’s reign of terror in the Middle East. States in the region must find solutions to the conflicts to bring peace and stability.
Unlike every president who followed him, George H.W. Bush had a background in foreign policy. In 1972, Bush was serving as U.S. ambassador to the U.N.
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You can’t check if a statement is accurate if it’s too incoherent to understand.
Protesters gather on the National Mall for the Women’s March on Washington during the first full day of Donald Trump’s presidency.
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A political scientist looks at the similarities between the new American president and the sultans of the Ottoman Empire. What might the parallels portend for US politics?
What if this was our choice on Election Day?
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In this year’s election, the system of majority voting didn’t allow voters to express their opinions adequately. If they had, the choice would have been between Kasich and Sanders.
Cuba’s former President Fidel Castro Ruz (1926-2016)
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All of the world’s struggling masses owe the late Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro an enormous debt for consistently and fearlessly articulating the debilitating aspect of life under under capitalism.