Sunday, September 20, 2026

Tag: democracy

The Constitution as free-for-all, a la carte buffet

If this be not the worst subversion,/ Where's real career-ending perversion?

100+ groups urge Congress to back Sanders’ Yemen War Powers Resolution

"In an effort to renew this truce and further incentivize Saudi Arabia to stay at the negotiating table, we urge you to bring the War Powers Resolutions to end U.S. military participation in the Saudi-led coalition's war on Yemen."

Biden wants to prevent a strong primary challenge. He shouldn’t get...

A president is not a party’s king, and he has no automatic right to renomination.

Ultimate rightwing transgression: the mockery of politics as a preposterous joke 

The Big Lie is "yoked to an older deception, without which it could not survive: the idea that American politics is a joke," attackable without consequences.

Big midterm victories that give me hope for the future

Friends, regardless of the overall outcome of the midterms, have no doubt: progressives are the future.

US midterms: 42 new voting laws since 2021 risk undermining confidence...

The ability to exercise one’s democratic choice by participating in free and fair elections should not be up for debate.

Elon Musk plans to profit from Twitter, not create a town...

His acquisition of Twitter, a powerful opinion platform, as a private company also further cements his power.

Why the window to prosecute Trump is closing

Holding Trump accountable is not an act of partisanship. It’s a defense of our democracy.

How Ron DeSantis blew up Black-held congressional districts and may have...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis made Florida’s congressional map far more favorable to Republicans. Did this violate the state constitution?

Noam Chomsky and David Barsamian: Optimism of the will

Three of the four horsemen of the apocalypse.

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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.

Trump blames Minneapolis woman for her death as ICE shooting prompts federal intervention

As video analyses dispute official claims in the killing of Renee Nicole Good, the Trump administration assigns sole control of the investigation to federal authorities and blocks state involvement.
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.
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.
The Ambassador Bridge connects Detroit, Michigan to Windsor, Ontario. Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Why the Trade War with Canada Amounts to Self-Sabotage

The economies of both countries are so intertwined that everyone will suffer.