Portside

Could the clash between democracy and authoritarianism become even sharper in 2023? Yes – in fact, that may be the safest prediction we can make. Here’s how we – the moderators of Portside – see it:

Real estate should be treated as consumption, not investment.

Charged with investigating the January 6th insurrection, the committee made a devastating case against Trump, regardless of what the attorney general elects to do.

Lawyer in a civil lawsuit launched by towns in hurricane-hit Puerto Rico describes why it is using laws used to target mob bosses

This is a perfect storm of human events - the effects of Puerto Rico’s 100-plus years as a U.S. colony; the damage wrought by the recent privatization of its electric power grid; and the legacy of the Trump administration’s reaction following Maria

For two decades, Alexandra Pelosi, Nancy’s daughter, has made award-winning, godawful films about America’s political class. Pelosi in the House, a dull documentary about her mother and January 6, proves she is the auteur the liberal establishment deserves.

Beating back the right, fight by fight

Ours is not a system of justice where foot soldiers go to jail and masterminds and ringleaders get a free pass. More than sufficient evidence exists of Donald Trump assisting or aiding and comforting a violent attack on the United States.

For many low-income and minority Americans, automobiles have been turbo-boosted engines of inequality, immobilizing their owners with debt, increasing their exposure to hostile law enforcement, and in general accelerating the forces that drive apart haves and have-nots.

The number of strikes in 2022 increased significantly from 2021.