The Latest Breaking News from Barack Obama

Church’s plan preaches high hopes for Woodlawn’s improvement

The Apostolic Church of God is pursuing redevelopment for its eight acres near 63rd Street and Dorchester Avenue, where the goal is community improvement without displacement.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 22, 2022

The advocacy groups working to bring the Arms Trade Treaty to life

Like all international agreements, the ATT has limited force. Civil society could help hold governments accountable to it.

360info · Aug 22, 2022

America used to regulate business. Now government subsidises it

What’s to blame? The change in the balance of power between large corporations and the government

The Guardian - US · Aug 21, 2022

Republican says comment Garland should be executed was ‘facetious’

Carl Paladino, a Republican candidate for Congress in New York, recently caused controversy when he praised Adolf Hitler

The Guardian - US · Aug 19, 2022

Gohmert leaves after 17 years of lies

Gohmert was a precursor to Trump’s brand of offensive, fact-free conservative politics

Salon · Aug 18, 2022

Louie Gohmert leaves Congress having passed one law and spread countless falsehoods

Gohmert was a precursor to former President Donald Trump’s brand of populist, establishment-bucking conservatism that delights in offending progressives and makes no apologies for spreading misinformation.

The Texas Tribune · Aug 18, 2022

Commentary: One year after messy withdrawal, America shuns Afghanistan and its women

America’s exit from Afghanistan was going to come eventually. Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump both declared their intentions to extricate the U.S. from its “forever war.” The American public by and large ratified this position.

Chicago Tribune · Aug 18, 2022

The far-right disinformation pipeline that now spans the globe goes straight from Trumpland to Australia

The anti-vaxxers obstructing hospital entries in Melbourne are consuming the same misinformation and subsuming the same moral values as the Americans

The Guardian - AU · Aug 17, 2022

Arizona GOP nominee kept ‘Treason Watch List’ and posted about stockpiling ammunition on Pinterest

Former president Barack Obama made the alleged ‘treason watch list’

The Independent UK · Aug 16, 2022

‘A fresh shipment of excuses’: Trevor Noah on Trump’s shifting defenses

The late-night host listed the excuses used to explain why the ex-president had classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago home

The Guardian - US · Aug 16, 2022