Tag: democracy
The power of words and war on Democracy
How language can help in the fight against authoritarianism.
Stupidity and blindness have destroyed whatever democracy the US ever had
Republicans AND Democrats are the problem.
Democrats need more democracy, not less
The Democratic Party’s problem isn’t that it’s too democratic. It’s that it’s not democratic enough, yet.
Despite setbacks, the democracy movement is gaining power
A new book outlines how the superrich have worked to undermine our country, and what we can do to fight back.
How bad could things get?
The late ‘60s and early ‘70s were crazy, but we’re looking wilder.
Governors are stiffing workers – and democracy
In Ohio and beyond, governors are signing corporate-backed laws to stop local communities from raising their minimum wages.
From pseudo-democracy to real participation
True democracy is an expression of the brotherhood of man.
What democracy looks like when you have to disagree with your...
As much as I dislike and distrust our current national administration, I also deeply value community harmony.
You get what you pay for: If money is speech, can...
This is not the sort of democracy the Framers had in mind, but if there is no distinction between private wealth and political influence, it’s the sort we’d better get used to.
The death of the republic
The relationship between the state and the citizen who is watched constantly is one of master and slave.
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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...
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.
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.