Tag: democracy

Nonviolent movements that have toppled oppressive regimes, prevented coups and transformed societies follow these four essential steps.

Lawmakers warn troops that refusing unlawful commands is their duty as Trump escalates threats and expands unauthorized military actions.

As the G20 prepares to meet in Johannesburg, experts warn that more than $70 trillion set to change hands will entrench wealth gaps and threaten democracy without coordinated action.

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.