Today marks six weeks since nearly 40,000 Verizon workers went on strike along the East Coast, from Massachusetts to Virginia, marking one of the biggest U.S. strikes in years. The workers have been without a contract since August amid attempts by Verizon to cap pensions, cut benefits and outsource work... Leer más
For political observers, 2016 feels like an earthquake — a once-in-a-generation event that will remake American politics. The Republican party is fracturing around support for Donald Trump. An avowed socialist has made an insurgent challenge for the Democratic Party’s nomination. On left and right, it feels as though a new... Leer más
Since Donald Trump became the presumptive Republican nominee,several national polls have shown him narrowing the gap with his likely opponent, Hillary Clinton, or even leading. But the election is more than five months away. When should you start to care about polls? With some caveats, we believe the answer is:... Leer más
For months, Bernie Sanders and his supporters have pointed to polls that show him running comfortably ahead of Donald Trump in November. But now that Hillary Clinton’s lead over Trump has disappeared — and the two likely nominees are now running neck-and-neck in national polls — his argument is gaining... Leer más
Bernie Sanders reconoce que hace un año no se podía imaginar que Donald Trump acabaría siendo el nominado republicano a la presidencia de Estados Unidos. Cuando se le pregunta qué dice eso sobre este país, responde: “Dice que el establishment de este país no es respetado, que el pueblo americano... Leer más
After the slaughter of nine worshipers at a South Carolina church last June, but before the massacre of eight students and a teacher at an Oregon community college in October, there was a shooting that the police here have labeled Incident 159022597.01. It happened on a clear Friday night at... Leer más
“Make America great again,” says Donald Trump, the US Republican Party’s presumptive presidential nominee. He sums up his foreign policy with the slogan “America First”: The United States should do everything possible to sustain its geopolitical dominance, friends and allies be damned. So who is the biggest threat to US... Leer más
Las elecciones que se van a llevar a cabo en noviembre, en Estados Unidos, probablemente sean entre Hillary Clinton, del Partido Demócrata y Donald Trump del Partido Republicano. Para la consultora peruana Macroconsult, Clinton representa la continuidad, mientras que Trump es el cambio y la incertidumbre. “Pocas veces en la... Leer más
Amigos y aliados de Estados Unidos observan con estupor la perspectiva casi segura de que la elección presidencial de noviembre sea una competencia entre Hillary Clinton y Donald Trump. Pero con la ansiedad no se gana nada. Hay que esperar lo mejor y empezar a prepararse para lo peor. El... Leer más
“People think poverty as a measure of income, but as a lived experience for what it means to be poor, it tends to involve a lot of other things as well. We have taken some other dimensions such as low education, lack of health insurance, being in an unemployed household,... Leer más
