Outside the Beltway

Two months after a referendum that supported independence from Spain, Catalan voters head to the polls for a new round of parliamentary elections that remain up in the air.

Things are heating up very quickly in Catalonia.

Spanish Prime Minister Rajoy has said he will act to remove Catalonia’s pro-independence leadership from power.

The standoff between Madrid and Barcelona over Catalan independence appears to be ready to come to an end.

Catalonia voted overwhelmingly for independence from Spain, but it’s not at all clear that the vote will amount to anything.

Catalonia’s independence referendum is one day away, and nobody seems to know what to expect.

As the date for Catalonia’s disputed independence referendum nears, tensions are rising between Madrid and Barcelona.

In less than a month, voters in the Catalan region of Spain will be voting whether to remain part of Spain or assert independence.

At least thirteen dead in an apparent terrorist attack in Spain.

Legislators in Spain’s Catalonia region took a step toward independence, but Madrid apparently wants nothing to do with it.

Despite seeing the effort fail in Scotland, Catalans say they intend to move forward with their own independence effort.

Large numbers of younger workers are having trouble finding work in many parts of the developed world.

There is a disturbing trend in Western nations toward enforcement of laws against “insulting” religions.

Time Magazine has chosen “The Protester” as its Person Of The Year. Let the outrage ensue.