Tag: democracy
How we stop a gerrymandering catastrophe
Our best shot at saving our democracy is right now. It’s time to act.
It’s time to take inspiration from Ukraine and double down on...
We can do far more to support pro-democracy activists and movements.
When billionaires don’t pay taxes, people ‘lose faith in democracy’
The rich can live lavishly by employing a technique known as “Buy, Borrow, Die,” in which they buy or build assets, borrow against them and then avoid estate and gift taxes when they die.
How does the majority rule without a functional majority? Or defeat...
Majority rule is both a rational philosophy, honoring the universality of human dignity, plus the core western political value for decision-making.
From the kingpins of private equity, a new dagger to democracy
Profit maximizing in the newspaper industry is corroding the knowledge base that sustains government by the people.
Should we disrupt the Democratic Party or try to take it...
“There are all sorts of things that have to be done in electoral politics, but movements have a distinctive contribution to make in order to create substantial democracy.”
Should fighting for democracy take priority over building powerful social movements?
Activists throughout history have put social movement work on hold for the electoral arena.
US democracy faces gravest danger
Unless the Republicans and Democrats put the nation above their party and personal interests, our democracy will face the gravest danger in...
Staying hopeful in turbulent times
Which is why we have to keep up the fight even when feeling deeply discouraged.
America’s struggle at home
In the first year since the end of the Trump administration, the United States is still in the throes of a struggle to overcome decades of political corruption and social neglect.
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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.
‘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.
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.
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.