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$12 Billion Spent on this Election—Will it Determine the Outcome?

Dan La Botz — 2026-11-04T09:44:34Z

This year's midterm election cost both major parties $12 billion—an all-time record. Politicians depend on this money to win elections, and this way donors buy candidates and parties.

- IVP622 - November 2026 / United States (USA)

The People Have Turned Against Trump

Dan La Botz — 2026-10-28T11:17:35Z

For the last two years, President Donald Trump's Republican Party controlled not only the presidency, but also both houses of Congress, the Supreme Court, as well as many state governments. Trump appeared to be politically omnipotent. Now the American people have turned against Trump and it seems likely that the Republican Party will face defeat in the midterm elections on November 3, breaking Trump's hold on Congress. It is a remarkable reversal of fortune brought about by Trump's own hubris.

- IVP621 - October 2026 / United States (USA)

Millions Join No Kings Demonstrations for Free and Fair Elections

Dan La Botz — 2026-10-20T08:48:07Z

An estimated 7 to 9 million people joined some 3,000 No Kings demonstrations across the United States on October 17 to encourage voters to vote and to defend the vote. The liberal organizations leading No Kings—Indivisible, the American Civil Liberties Union, the American Federation of Teachers, and Black and Latino voters' group—called for a non-partisan demonstration. Certainly, there were many Independents and some Republicans present, but, like three earlier No Kings protests, this was another massive movement against President Donald Trump.

- IVP621 - October 2026 / United States (USA)

Spanish Housing Crisis May Bring Down Socialist Government

Dan La Botz — 2026-10-16T17:31:13Z

[Bilbao, Spain, October 15, 2026] Hundreds of thousands have marched in Spain in recent weeks to stop evictions, in opposition to housing speculation, against rising rent, and to demand more housing. One woman's eviction sparked the movement.

- IVP621 - October 2026 / Spanish state, Public services

Mamdani Condemns ICE Shooting in NYC and Israel's Genocide, but Faces Criticism from the Left

Dan La Botz — 2026-10-11T06:26:46Z

Last week was the end of the New York City's honeymoon with Mayor Zohran Mamdani as he confronted controversies over the anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel and an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shooting of an immigrant.

- IVP621 - October 2026 / United States (USA)

Latinos May Decide the Midterms, Defeating Trump and the Republicans

Dan La Botz — 2026-10-05T10:01:09Z

Donald Trump arguably won the 2024 presidential election because between 42 and 48 percent of the country's Latinos voted for him. His was the largest Republican share ever of the Latino vote. In the last two years, however, Latinos have turned against Trump, as seen both in their participation in social protests and in pre-election polls. Latinos could cost Trump and the Republicans the election.

- IVP621 - October 2026 / United States (USA)

Protestors Rally against Mass Murderers Speaking at U.N. General Assembly

Dan La Botz — 2026-09-28T13:27:34Z

Hundreds marched in three separate demonstrations to protest the mass murderers—President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian—speaking at the United Nations General Assembly held in New York last week. The event became a kind of macabre circus with these monsters in the big ring as some delegates walked out while others protested outside.

- IVP620 - September 2026 / Palestine, United States (USA), Israel, Iran

Battle over AI Creates New Political Allies and Enemies

Dan La Botz — 2026-09-25T10:10:43Z

AI or artificial intelligence systems may have the power to destroy human life say several AI experts and industry leaders. Their statements have led to a political fight between those who want to accelerate the development of AI and those who want to slow development and regulate the industry. The debate over AI's power and danger resembles the fight over nuclear energy in the 1950s.

- IVP620 - September 2026 / United States (USA), Economy

Trump Bribes Voters, We Remember 9/11, and Soon the Midterm Election

Dan La Botz — 2026-09-21T07:34:45Z

President Donald Trump convened the first-ever midterm Republican Convention in Dallas, Texas principally to celebrate himself and motivate his base for the coming November 3 national elections where control of both houses of Congress is in play. He told his followers to pretend that he's on the ballot and to vote for Republicans.

- IVP620 - September 2026 / United States (USA)

Gloria Steinem, prominent American feminist, 1934-2026

Dan La Botz — 2026-09-09T07:39:51Z

The passing of Gloria Steinem, the most celebrated of the US “second wave” feminists of the 1970s, provides an opportunity to consider both her life and work. Some on the left, such as Jenny Brown writing in Jacobin, have condemned Steinem as a “neoliberal” who used and misused the women's movement, disdaining the movement's radical wing, to advance her own career as self-proclaimed leader.

- IVP620 - September 2026 / United States (USA), Women