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Julia Conley: Pelosi Calls for FBI to Investigate Cease-Fire Supporters

Three-quarters of Democrats in the survey backed a cease-fire, along with half of Republicans. Pelosi is calling for the FBI to investigate ties to Russia.

January 29, 2024 · 14 Comments

Olivia Rosane: 68% of US Public Wants Gaza Cease-Fire: Poll

The Reuters/Ipsos poll also found that support for Israel had dropped by nearly 10 percentage points since the last edition on October 12 and 13.

November 16, 2023 · 2 Comments

Brett Wilkins: Cortez Masto Victory Means Democrats Keep Control of Senate

Voters sided with democracy and delivered a resounding defeat to Republican extremism.

November 14, 2022 · 2 Comments

Brett Wilkins: AOC Says ‘Don’t Fall For It’ as GOP Revives ‘Red Mirage’ Conspiracy

“There is nothing to suggest that delay indicates fraud. Counting every vote takes time,” one expert asserted. “Don’t fall for this scam!”

November 9, 2022 · Leave a comment

Robert Reich: This Election Is About Whether US Democracy Can Endure

My friends, we owe it to generations before us who fought and died for democracy and the rule of law, and to generations after us who will live with the legacy we leave them.

November 7, 2022 · Leave a comment

Rebecca Gordon: In the Shadow of Roe’s Undoing

I still hate electoral politics, but you don’t always get to choose the terrain you’re fighting on. Through its machinations at the federal, state, and county level, the Republican Party has been all but screaming its plans to steal the next presidential election.

July 12, 2022 · 1 Comment

Jesse Jackson: Congress Must Defend Democracy Against Those Who Are Trying to Destroy It

A minority party—grounded in the white South—is intent on taking and keeping power, despite the will of the majority—even if democracy itself is destroyed in the process.

January 6, 2022 · Leave a comment

Patricia A. Nugent: Keep Andrew Cuomo in Office

If these allegations are true, and we believe it possible, Andrew should be punished but not resign his elected post.

March 18, 2021 · 20 Comments

Video: Stacey Abrams | 3 questions to ask yourself about everything you do

Stacey Abrams’s 2018 campaign for governor of Georgia turned more voters than any Democrat in Georgia history, including former President Barack Obama, and invested in critical infrastructure to build progress in the state.

February 5, 2021 · 4 Comments

Bernie Sanders: We Must Act With Unprecedented Boldness to Meet These Historical Crises

The job of Congress now is to listen to the American people, move our country boldly forward on a path to economic success and show voters that Democrats are prepared to do everything possible to improve their lives.

January 22, 2021 · 5 Comments

Peter Lake: On restoring the soul of the nation

The normal to which we are supposed to want to return is what gave us Donald Trump in the first place, and the forces that produced that outcome have not gotten weaker in the interim

November 25, 2020 · 4 Comments

Faiz Shakir: Democrats Must Commit Themselves to the Needs of Non-College Educated Workers

Workers without college degrees have suffered most from recent decades of neoliberal fetishization with globalization, unregulated open markets, and corporate-friendly free trade.

November 23, 2020 · Leave a comment

David D. Daniels III: Black Church has been getting ‘souls to the polls’ for more than 60 years

To King and other civil rights leaders, the Black Church was a key institution within the pro-democracy movement.

November 1, 2020 · 2 Comments

Video: Do Politics Make Us Irrational?

Can someone’s political identity actually affect their ability to process information?

October 17, 2020 · Leave a comment

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