Tag: authoritarian leaders
‘Textbook authoritarianism’: Trump aims IRS criminal division at left-leaning groups, donors
There is an active “weaponization” of the agency to target the far-right president’s political opponents and groups peacefully organizing against his administration’s destruction agenda.
MAGA men, rage, and the road to nowhere
And no less unfortunately, we’re speeding down it quickly with a maniac in the driver’s seat, and it lacks the guardrails of a law-abiding Supreme Court and a constitutionally aware secretary of defense.
Slow-motion authoritarianism
Forget about coups and martial law. The latest method of destroying democracy is through death by a thousand cuts.
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US workers average 10 paid vacation days a year, and 33 million get none
Twenty-five OECD countries require employers to provide at least 20 days. The US legal minimum is zero, and 57 percent of the lowest-paid tenth of workers get no vacation at all.
Chris Hedges and Albert Raboteau on ‘American Prophets’ importance in an age of radical...
Watch the two thinkers talk about Raboteau’s book, which discusses the work of religious figures such as Dorothy Day, Thomas Merton and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Truly remaking Social Security is the key to having a livable society in the...
What does a social democratic political program really mean?
In the crosshairs: The perilous reality for journalists in 2023
Examining the heightened risks faced by journalists in conflict zones, especially in the Gaza Strip, amidst global political tensions and criticism of U.S. foreign policy.
Why so many nuclear-capable hypersonic missiles?
Apocalypse will be highly likely. Artificial intelligence is not going to save us. These weapons need to be outlawed, not produced and purchased en masse.