Official Who Replaced Mugabe Wins Zimbabwe's Presidency
President Emmerson Mnangagwa gains just over 50 percent of the ballots as the ruling party maintains control of the government in the first vote since the fall of longtime leader Robert Mugabe.
Costa Rica Elects Same-Sex Marriage Backer as President
Carlos Alvarado, a novelist and former Cabinet member running under the banner of the ruling Citizen Action Party, wins by a wide margin over an evangelical minister.
Articles
A Look at the Russian Presidential Election From Crimea
A propaganda war is raging over the legitimacy of the voting process in Crimea and the neutrality of the international observers who went there.
Are the Supremes About to Give Trump a Second Term?
If the justices go with Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted, it would mean Republicans like him throughout the U.S. will be able to scrub millions of citizens from the voter rolls.
Green Party’s Jill Stein Sues Wisconsin Over Recount Method
The former presidential nominee, who launched a recount effort last week, also sued Pennsylvania to force a recount in that state.
‘Informed Rant’: Roles of the Media, WikiLeaks and Vladimir Putin in the Presidential Election
The latest episode of Joshua Scheer's podcast explores how Donald Trump became the next commander in chief.
Juan Cole
Dear Ann Coulter: Ben Franklin Wouldn't Have Thought of You or Trump as White, Either
Anxieties about white dominance are a perennial in American history.
Indian Treaties, Oil Pipelines and Presidential Elections: A Tale of Lies, Deception and Hypocrisy
The U.S. government has a long history of breaking promises and dishonoring contracts with Native Americans and other marginalized groups. Hopefully, the next president will change this shameful truth.
What Socialism Means to Bernie Sanders -- and You
Once upon a time, socialists running for president in the United States had to explain that while they had no chance of actually winning an election, their campaigns were aimed at "educating" voters -- about socialism.
Film Review
'Our Brand Is Crisis' Film Review: A Half-Baked Hollywood Version of a Great Documentary
David Gordon Green's star-studded film is a middling comedy about the humdrum conflicts between American meddlers in Bolivia's 2002 election Meanwhile, the Bolivians in it are as invisible as most of the slaves in "Gone With the Wind"David Gordon Green's star-studded film is a middling comedy about the internecine conflicts between American meddlers in Bolivia's 2002 election".
