Tag: democracy

New national polling shows President Donald Trump at 39 percent approval and 58 percent disapproval, his worst showing of the second term and rivaling the lowest point of his presidency overall, as voters sour on his economic, immigration, and high-profile executive actions while protest movements gain strength.

Oregon officials say the president’s move is unlawful and dangerous, warning it threatens to escalate tensions in Portland.

If there is any hope of salvaging this country’s (not to speak of this planet’s) future, then this history has to be faced, and we must recover—or perhaps discover—our moral bearings.

They’re plotting to hijack democracy and put working people under the feet of CEOs, the ultra-wealthy, and other Republican fanatics.

An ongoing visitation on the issue of propaganda in the current political environment.

While religion has far too often been a tool of authoritarianism, faith institutions and communities have also been the life force of so many freedom movements.

Just as the world obeys unchangeable physical laws, so there are fixed thresholds in the economic and political world.

To me, this is the end of America, if we want to live in a democracy.”

Forget about coups and martial law. The latest method of destroying democracy is through death by a thousand cuts.

A rare mid-decade gerrymander in Texas, championed by Donald Trump, sparks lawsuits, protests, and warnings of a nationwide redistricting arms race.