Monday, September 14, 2026

Tag: democracy

Supreme Court opens new channel for big donor money in federal...

The 6-3 ruling strikes down limits on coordinated party spending, giving political committees more power to work directly with candidates before the midterms.

Judge blocks USPS plan that could have restricted mail ballot delivery

A federal court stopped the Postal Service from adopting election-mail procedures that voting-rights groups said would have turned a mail carrier into a ballot gatekeeper.

Growing old with Donald Trump

Let’s face it, Donald J. Trump is proving to be a genuinely long haul of a president.

The US is preparing an assault on Cuba. It should learn...

Cubans have lived through decades of U.S.-imposed deprivation. People in the U.S. now experiencing it themselves could learn from the resilience of their neighbors.

Resistance is only half the equation

When movements are at their most powerful, they not only withdraw cooperation from unjust systems, but build the capacity to live without them.

Suicide is never painless—yet right-wing implosions bring positive changes

The dread now transcends democracy,/ But what survives kakistocracy?

What can North Korea tell us about America’s future?

Is the United States heading toward a hard landing?

Bunker-busting ‘of the people, by the people, for the people’

The cost for shunning what Jesus begot –/ Lip service that cracks our melting pot.

Supreme Court rulings and new Southern maps intensify battle over Black...

A series of redistricting fights in Alabama, Tennessee, and Virginia is reshaping the struggle over voting rights and congressional control as critics warn that recent Supreme Court decisions are accelerating the erosion of protections for Black voters.

Too much money, too little democracy: Americans across party lines reject...

A new national poll finds widespread bipartisan concern that billionaires, dark money and special interest spending are overpowering ordinary voters in U.S. elections as campaign spending continues to shatter records.

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Cleanup at Ground Zero in May 2002. Photo: public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

NYC releases 170,000 pages of 9/11 air quality records held back for 25 years

The documents settle two lawsuits from survivors and responders who spent decades seeking them.
The aftermath of the glacial collapse that triggered Nepal's floods. Photo: European Space Agency

Humanitarian Needs Grow as Nepal Recovers from Catastrophic Floods

1,367 people are confirmed dead and 5,132 remain missing, including 587 foreign nationals, two weeks after a glacial collapse triggered Nepal's floods.
The Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City. Photo: KTrimble at English Wikipedia (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Supreme Court blocks Missouri’s gerrymandered congressional map for second time

The order clears up dueling court fights just weeks before Missouri finalizes its November ballot.
The Bab el-Mandeb Strait, between Yemen and the Horn of Africa. Map: NormanEinstein / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Houthi seizure of Yemeni port pushes US diesel past $6 a gallon for first...

Saudi oil output has fallen to its lowest level since 1990 as the Iran war disrupts shipping.
Wetlands in Louisiana. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Trump EPA proposes rule that would strip protection from most US streams and wetlands

Environmental groups say the rule would eliminate protection for most freshwater wetlands nationwide.