| Democrats rake in big bucks from small donors – but effect is unpredictable Posted: 24 Oct 2018 01:03 PM PDT ![Democrats rake in big bucks from small donors – but effect is unpredictable]( "Democrats rake in big bucks from small donors – but effect is unpredictable") Two weeks before voters head to the polls, the 2018 campaign season continues to shatter records. Candidates are set to break the $5 billion mark by Election Day, putting this cycle on track to becoming the most expensive congressional election season in US history. The fundraising figures, which favor Democratic candidates, support one prevailing narrative of 2018: that political winds, fanned by anti-Trump fervor, are sweeping Democrats forward in races across the board.
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| As caravan wends its way north, Mexico walks a fine line Posted: 24 Oct 2018 12:27 PM PDT ![As caravan wends its way north, Mexico walks a fine line]( "As caravan wends its way north, Mexico walks a fine line") "Sí se pudo! Sí se pudo!" some 4,000 Hondurans chanted last Friday, as they crossed the bridge above the Suchiate River dividing Guatemala and Mexico. As the crowd pressed forward on the bridge, tearing down barriers that blocked entrance into Mexico, the police responded with tear gas.
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| A soft way to reform global trade Posted: 24 Oct 2018 12:11 PM PDT ![A soft way to reform global trade]( "A soft way to reform global trade") The world's two largest economies, the United States and China, are currently locked in a trade war. President Trump threatens to pull the US out of the World Trade Organization if it does not "shape up." He has already gummed up the agency's judicial process. Meanwhile, China is violating so many norms of international commerce that it is a defendant in half of all complaints before the 164-member WTO.
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| Why Americans are talking less and less about ‘love’ and ‘kindness’ Posted: 24 Oct 2018 09:10 AM PDT ![Why Americans are talking less and less about 'love' and 'kindness']( "Why Americans are talking less and less about 'love' and 'kindness'") It's not often that Roy Speckhardt finds himself going to church to talk about how to make the world a better place. "When I first entered these circles, the thought was, 'Oh, should we allow atheists in?'" says Mr. Speckhardt, executive director of the American Humanist Association in Washington. "Should we allow people who are nonreligious to be part of this essentially religious community?
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