Sunday, September 20, 2026

Tag: authoritarian government

Inflatables, rainbow crosswalks, flooding snitch lines—creative action was off the charts...

In the face of rising authoritarianism, creativity is an enduring movement superpower that helped us break through the stranglehold of fear this year.

On the precipice of authoritarian rule

Is the threat to the rule of law in the United States not just profound but historically unprecedented?

“No Kings. No Thrones. No Crowns.”: Millions to protest Saturday in...

“We are engaging in the most American activity in the world, which is coming together in peaceful protest of our government.”

Slow-motion authoritarianism

Forget about coups and martial law. The latest method of destroying democracy is through death by a thousand cuts.

How the warfare state paved the way for a Trumpist autocracy

Is this the real cost of war?

Republicans are following a key part of Hitler’s playbook: Lying your...

History shows that the reliance on lies for political advantage is a precursor to fascism. Now the final outcome depend on whether voters will believe their lies over the truth.

The dark specter of an authoritarian government hangs over the Nov....

It’s a battle over whether this country will continue to have a democratic form of government or one under the control of authoritarian rule.

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The US Capitol. Photo: Architect of the Capitol (public domain)

Warren, Ocasio-Cortez introduce bill to ban corporate ownership of physician practices

The bill would let doctors sue corporate owners for treble damages and give the Federal Trade Commission a role in enforcing the ban.
An Allina Health hospital in Minneapolis. Photo: Tony Webster / CC BY 2.0

Minnesota doctors strike for four days in a first for US hospitals

About 150 physicians at two Allina Health hospitals walked out this week after three years of bargaining over sick days, pay and a role in patient care.
A hospital emergency room entrance in Oregon. Photo: M.O. Stevens / CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Hundreds of thousands of immigrants lose Medicaid starting October 1

The federal reconciliation law also narrows Medicare and marketplace coverage, and a separate immigration rule is pushing US citizen children off Medicaid alongside their noncitizen family members.

Minnesota hospital doctors stage what union calls first private-sector physician strike in US history

Doctors at two Minneapolis-area hospitals say they're striking over artificial intelligence in patient care, not just pay.
Farmworkers harvest sweet potatoes. Photo: USDA, public domain

Judge orders Labor Department to rewrite farmworker wage rule after finding it unlawful

The ruling forces new minimum pay rates for the guestworker visa program that brings in most of the country's legal farm labor, with back pay possible for hundreds of thousands of workers.