As Iranians this week mark the 40th anniversary of their country’s 1979 revolution, President Donald Trump’s national security adviser John Bolton declared in a message to Iranian leaders on Monday that he doesn’t think they will “have many more anniversaries to enjoy”—a comment that was immediately perceived as a direct threat of war. “He is […]

Anthropologist and author Jason Hickel swiftly disabused readers of a narrative offered by Microsoft founder Bill Gates this week, rejecting the billionaire’s statement on Twitter that “people underestimate just how much life has improved over the last two centuries.” The idea that the free-market capitalism has grown while solving the crisis of extreme poverty around […]

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Ca.) introduced a House resolution to end the Korean War on Tuesday after 69 years of conflict. The resolution comes as President Donald Trump is in Hanoi, Vietnam, in advance of a historic meeting with North Korean President Kim Jong Un to discuss North Korean denuclearization. “Historic engagement between South and North […]

Support for Washington, D.C. statehood appears to have reached a new high in Congress. With Friday’s passage in the House of H.R. 1, which endorses D.C. statehood, legislation that would end the district’s 200 years of disenfranchisement is primed for consideration, says its sponsor. Democratic non-voting Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton introduced H.R. 51, the “Washington, […]

Anti-war voices are marking the 16th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq with a demand the U.S. government not take a page out of the same playbook and unleash similar catastrophe and carnage in Venezuela. “Thousands of U.S. soldiers and hundreds of thousands of Iraqis lost their lives because of a war entered into […]

President Donald Trump’s unofficially planned visit to Ireland in June is reportedly “in doubt” due to the Trump’s insistence that his meeting with Irish leader Leo Varadkar be held at one of the president’s golf courses in the European country.  Varadkar, Ireland’s Taoiseach, or prime minister, is inclined to meet with Trump—but the president, according […]

Action sports brand, Vans is collaborating with The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) on a special edition footwear and apparel collection celebrating the New York museum’s collection and prominent artists. There will be two drops in the collaboration featuring artists Salvador Dalí, Vasily Kandinsky, Claude Monet, Edvard Munch, Jackson Pollock, Lyubov Popova and Faith Ringgold, […]

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Sean “Diddy” Combs will headline a rally for Andrew Gillum’s Florida governor campaign midnight Monday.  The rap mogul will be joined by Tiffany Haddish, DJ Khaled, Will Packer and Monica in the event at Florida A&M University, according to a press release. Gillum, the current mayor of Tallahassee, and Combs will focus on the importance of voting in […]

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) won reelection on Tuesday, defeating Democratic challenger Lupe Valdez.  Abbott, 60, cruised to a second term with a victory over Valdez, who previously served as the Dallas County sheriff. Abbott held a sizable lead in most polls throughout the race in a state that has not elected a Democratic governor since […]