Tag: democracy
Making meaning of the elections and navigating what comes next
As we stay engaged to make sure all the votes are counted, we also begin to shift toward reflection, recalibration and recommitment.
The dark specter of an authoritarian government hangs over the Nov....
It’s a battle over whether this country will continue to have a democratic form of government or one under the control of authoritarian rule.
How Congress stopped working
Today’s legislative branch, far from the model envisioned by the founders, is dominated by party leaders and functions as a junior partner to the executive, according to an analysis by The Washington Post and ProPublica.
Time to overcome election fears and organize for our political future
“If your politicians are not serving you, get rid of them. And if you don’t have anyone to vote for, run.”
Capitalism is killing patients…and their physicians
Capitalism does not just threaten the health and well being of every human, but life on this earth as we know it.
Why we must vote every Republican out of office
While Trump and his Republican enablers manufacture false threats to America, they dismiss the real threats to America that are growing worse by the day.
Shun the chief ‘enemy of the people’
The majority can’t impeach or convict a president of malfeasance, but we can take moral stances that reclaim our commitment to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness – not for the few but for the many.
How The Rats Revolt: ‘Ratting out’ Democrats’ electoral extortion
The issue of lesser-evil voting – perhaps the most important issue dividing and paralyzing the left – with an unprecedented strategy.
Two weeks before midterms, Trump attacks democracy with ‘one of the...
Clarke argued that the president's tweet is clearly part of an ongoing right-wing effort to "promote fear and incite law enforcement to action in ways that could chill voter participation this midterm election cycle."
There’s nothing more powerful than people taking back democracy
“They might outspend us, but there’s nothing more powerful than people deciding it’s time to take back democracy – and they know it.”
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This campaign against deportation flights shows how to target companies enabling Trump
A multiracial crowd of all ages carrying witty signs and chanting: Their target was the commercial airline Avelo, which has proposed operating as an ICE subcontractor to carry out deportation flights.
Family sues fossil fuel giants for wrongful death in first climate disaster case of...
In a legal first, a Washington state woman has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against some of the world’s largest fossil fuel...
Is Trump’s axis of the plutocrats marginalizing Israel?
President Trump managed to realign U.S. Middle Eastern policy to center on—and yes, it should be capitalized!—an Axis of the Plutocrats, Gulf sheikhs who are using their galactic fortunes to reshape the region.
US military vets and allies begin 40-day hunger strike for Gaza
The hunger strikers are gathering at the U.S. Mission to the U.N. for their action.
22 young Americans sue Trump administration to block executive orders pushing fossil fuels over...
In Lighthiser v. Trump, the youth plaintiffs say the administration’s actions violate their constitutional rights to life, health and safety and breach congressional mandates to safeguard public health and ecosystems.