The burgeoning pro-democracy, anti-Trump movement known as 50501 expects to drive tens and possibly hundreds of thousands to protest in 1,000 cities and towns on Saturday.
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Far-right Parties Gain in European Elections, Yet Not Everywhere
Rampant inequality driven by austerity and neoliberalism has opened the door for populists on the extreme right.
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After his guilty verdict, Trump is no longer running against Biden but the rule of law itself
Voters this November will choose whether we want to live in a constitutional Republic like the framers established, or go back to a monarchy where a ruler governs by fiat and is immune from all accountability.
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Georgia RICO Indictment of 'Cop City' Protesters Undermines Trump Indictment
The case against ‘Cop City’ protesters follows the pattern of Republican abuse of the legal system to create false equivalences that advance their political narrative.
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Reforming Partisan SCOTUS May Be as Simple as Voting in Local Elections
Are we truly “stuck with” this Supreme Court for the next quarter of a century? Not if we abolish the Electoral College and reimagine the way presidential elections are conducted.
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Blood from Jacksonville Is Partially on Ron DeSantis' Hands
DeSantis and Florida’s Republican-controlled legislature should listen to people of color and reflect on how their prior actions and rhetoric have emboldened people like the Jacksonville shooter to act on their hate.
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America Needs to Confront Its Culture of Guns and Fear
The combination of a high proliferation of guns and our fear of the unfamiliar has led to this week’s disturbing acts of violence — and should be a wake-up call to examine how things got to this point and how to turn them around before the violence gets worse.
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Even if Trump Goes Down, Democracy Is Still at Risk
Voting alone won’t save democracy, but by combining the vote with other powerful tools—public protest, getting messaging to circulate in the media, and shoe-leather grassroots organizing—the most anti-democratic elements in society can be held at bay.
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What American Media Won't Tell Us About the Putin/Xi Meeting, Part II
If democracy is to endure, it’s incumbent upon leading democracies around the world to pave the path for other countries watching the US and China.
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What American Media Won't Tell Us About the Putin and Xi Meeting, Part I
At the summit, Putin notably endorsed Xi’s 12-point plan for peace in Ukraine, even though by all applicable standards he’s directly in violation of the first point of the plan, which pertains to respect for international sovereignty.
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'More Training' Is Not the Answer to Police Terror
Tyre Nichols wasn’t killed because police weren’t trained enough. He was killed because police training in the U.S. is fundamentally broken at the systemic level. To stop police terror, the national conversation now needs to evolve from “more training” to a fundamentally deeper form of accountability.
