Monday, August 18, 2025

Tag: democracy

How Citizens United got us Trump

Why the past 10 years were the anti-democracy decade.

With support of just one Republican, House passes ‘historic’ bill to...

"If we want a true democracy, we must protect the right to vote for all."

Fighting for America’s soul

Progressives are fighting to save the values and institutions on which their country was founded.

We can breathe life back into democracy

“We make meaning together, build and deepen relationships, and take collective ownership for our country.”

Why we need to protect government scientists from political retaliation

Improper political interference in government research undermines the critical role that unbiased science plays in our democracy.

Now is the time to win national improved Medicare for All

If the movement continues to build support and keeps Medicare for All a central issue in the 2020 election, we can win National Improved Medicare for All in the early 2020s.

The real divide

Unless Democrats stand squarely on the side of democracy against oligarchy, the risk on election day is that too many Americans will either stand with Trump or stay home.

Killing me softly with militarism

The decay of democracy in America.

The new age of protest

Led by young people, climate strikers blocked traffic on two mornings at the end of last month in Washington, DC. On the...

America’s real divide isn’t left vs. right. It’s democracy vs. oligarchy.

I keep hearing that the Democratic party has moved “left” and that some Democratic candidates may be “too far left”.

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US-Russia talks: The choice between peace and Escalation 

As negotiations progress, U.S. officials must be honest about the U.S. role in provoking this crisis.

A presidential wrecking ball

Trump is spitting on the grave of Martin Luther King Jr.

Fifteen years after Citizens United, the Montana Plan poses the latest challenge to dark...

Voters in Montana will have the opportunity this fall to ban corporate political spending and dark money in federal, state and local...

Federal agents face protests after Trump orders unprecedented takeover of DC police

Residents denounce checkpoints and expanded federal presence as civil liberties advocates warn of authoritarian overreach.

DC sues Trump administration over attempted takeover of city police

District leaders warn of unprecedented assault on home rule as lawsuit seeks to block federal seizure of MPD.