Tag: democracy
How to fix a broken Supreme Court
The Supreme Court derives its strength not from the use of force or political power, but from the trust of the people.
What should we do with the perpetrators of the climate crisis?
Once we learn to wage a nonviolent revolution that replaces the economic elite with a democracy, I believe we will be ready to move fast.
2024 presidential election poses new tests for guardians and guardrails of...
Despite many accomplishments by officials and defenders since 2020, Trump’s return revives election deceptions and distrust as GOP loyalty tests.
Does the Constitution ban Trump from running again?
Trump could face criminal charges for inciting an insurrection, but that’s not necessary to bar him from the ballot.
Rights groups alarmed as ‘fascist, anti-choice’ DeSantis launches presidential campaign
The Florida Republican has recently engaged in attacks on academic freedom, the rights of immigrants and transgender people, and democracy.
Lessons from Barcelona’s 8-year experiment in radical governance
Their victory reflected a decision by activists to move from occupying the town squares to taking over city halls, and it would have profound consequences for the future of one of Europe’s most prominent metropolitan areas.
Why a new progressive era in America is likely—in about 20...
All these trends point to a new progressive America.
The Tennessee 3 and the GOP war on democracy itself
This is a quick analysis of the premeditated treasonous attack on liberal democracy sponsored by the GOP.
How Koch cash is bankrolling the effort to kill Big Tech...
When the next big disaster unfolds due to deregulation, don’t be fooled.
Today’s jaw-dropping quandary: High awareness yet low clout to fix badly-broken...
The more that reason serves as bedrock,/ The more we’re vexed by lethal gridlock.
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DNC approach to Israel is political malpractice and moral failure
On no issue is that more apparent than the DNC’s insistence on treating Israel as above serious reproach.
The US bombs kids so Palmer Luckey can have nice things
Because for every bomb the U.S. and Israel drop, a bunch of men in cushy offices profit off all the death.
Oil regulators found hundreds of wells violating Oklahoma rules. Then they ignored their findings.
Oklahoma took on an ambitious project to catalog all of the state’s injection wells, which shoot toxic waste generated by oil drilling back into the ground. Despite records showing risk of drinking water pollution, the state chose not to act.
‘You can’t live without us’: How Big Oil pivoted from climate-friendly messaging to normalize...
More than 1,500 independent advertising agencies and 4,000 individual creatives have signed Clean Creatives’ pledge to refuse future fossil fuel contracts.
Thanks, MAGA, for exposing six corrosive myths that plague America—if we survive!
So kudos to today’s rightwing bellicosity for making clear the U.S. unilaterally wields deadly, rapacious power, whether sensible or stupid or gratuitous.