Monday, August 31, 2026

Democracy Spring

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Democracy Spring is being organized by a growing coalition of over 40 organizations convened by 99Rise and Avaaz. You can see the list of endorsing organizations at the bottom of the home page. If your organization would like to sign on as an endorsing organization please email democracyspring@gmail.com and let us know!

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The US Capitol at dusk. Photo: Sven A Rajala / CC BY-SA 4.0

The second worst MAGA Trump calamity – more than equal to its Constitutional concussion

Robert S. Becker on the deeper, still-unfolding costs of Trumpism beyond its constitutional violations.
The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., site of the August 28 rally. Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Thousands rally at Lincoln Memorial to defend voting rights

Civil rights leaders say this is the first march since the Supreme Court gutted a core Voting Rights Act protection.
A hospital emergency room entrance. Photo: Bbfd / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Breaking up hospital and drug monopolies could save families $6,000 a year, report finds

A 26-group coalition of pharmacists, physicians and patients says consolidation, not coverage gaps, is driving the crisis.
The Pentagon. Photo: DoD photo by Master Sgt. Ken Hammond, U.S. Air Force (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

House Democrat presses Trump Jr.’s venture firm on Pentagon-linked deals

A blocked March subpoena over a rare earth company's Pentagon loan set the stage for a new letter demanding records by September 9.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Washington headquarters. Photo: G. Edward Johnson / CC BY 4.0

The Trump Administration’s Plan for Protecting Consumers? Politely Ask Companies to Behave.

Rather than investigate a buzzy fintech startup for throwing users’ accounts into chaos, the Russell Vought-led Consumer Financial Protection Bureau trusted that the company was “back on track.” Customers soon learned the hard way that this wasn’t true.