Over the next two years, Democrats have the unfettered ability to be an albatross around the neck of the GOP — and to make sure that what little they manage to get done due to their paper-thin majorities becomes the reason for their undoing.
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Gun Massacres Won't Stop Until Voters Demand Action
Lawmakers, especially Republicans, are hiding from their responsibilities.
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Letter from Girona: The Day Spain Lost Catalonia
On Tuesday, Catalonia staged a general strike against last weekend's violence. The government is expected to issue a statement of unilateral independence if a Yes vote is confirmed.
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How To Rebuild Progressive Politics in Rural America
It’s really not that complicated: Democrats and progressives need to work with rural activists and leaders to articulate solutions to real problems, and then run on those solutions.
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Message to U.S. Lawmakers: "Quit Praying and Start Drafting Gun Control Legislation"
"It's time for Congress to get off its ass and do something."
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Homeland Security Plans to Collect Immigrants’ Social Media Info
The rule, which would take effect Oct. 18, would allow the agency to collect information from US immigrants' Twitter, Instagram and Facebook accounts.
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Austerity-Driven U.K. Has Found Itself In the Middle of a Debt Crisis
With 8.3 million people in the U.K. struggling in debt, the Bank of England on Monday announced that consumer debt may soon cost British banks £30 billion if unemployment, underemployment and inflation continue to rise at the current rate.
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Catalonia’s Independence Vote Descends Into Chaos and Clashes
National police officers in riot gear, sent by the central government in Madrid, used rubber bullets and truncheons as they fanned out across Catalonia to shut down polling stations and seize ballot boxes.
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Puerto Rico Supply Failure Stops Food and Water Reaching Desperate Residents
Vital supplies are stuck in ports and warehouses because of a logistical breakdown.
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Spanish Attacks on Democracy Strengthen Case for Catalan Independence
Many of those organizing the referendum have been arrested and more detentions are expected before Sunday's crucial vote.
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To Address Inequality, Let’s Take on Monopolies
Our team is dedicated to investigating and publicizing the radical concentrations of wealth, and power, that are responsible for creating much of today's extreme inequality.
