Voters approved recreational marijuana in California yesterday, and four states also approved minimum wage increases.
Guns are down though.
Why did the polls get it so very wrong?
Australia is a medium-sized open economy heavily reliant on international trade and stability. And Donald Trump is a clear and present danger to both.
The Donald was flying in from wherever, the wind howled outside, the speakers came through once, twice -- local stooges emerged.
As you watch the 2016 American election results, Ben Pobjie and the Crikey bunker have a drinking game to make things as bearable as possible.
Many states in the United States do not let felons vote, even if they have served their time. That means 6 million people -- 1.6 million of them in Florida, many of them minorities -- are denied the most basic right of free democracy. Freelance journalist Max Chalmers reports.
Donald Trump wants to be dictator of America. How do we know? He said so. Crikey journalist Sally Whyte and intern Anthea Batsakis find the evidence.
No amount of femmo zingers or rainbow pantsuits can resuscitate feminism.
What is the meaning of Donald Trump? He's not a just clown, reality TV blowhard, a figurehead of the alt-right -- he speaks to an America that has been forgotten and trampled on. That is powerful -- and it is not going away.
