Julia Conley: Thousands in Midwestern GOP Districts Attend Sanders’ First Stops on Tour to Fight Oligarchy
“The energy around what Bernie is doing is insane….”
Julia Conley: Loyal Dem Voters Fed Up With Party’s Inaction as Trump 2.0 Takes Hold
Leaders of the grassroots group Indivisible said voters are eager to beat the Trump agenda, and called on Democratic leaders to act as a true opposition party.
George Yancy: Why the Right Is Wrong About Critical Race Theory
The right wing has tried to distort critical race theory. This Black History Month, let’s reflect on what it really is.
Julia Conley: In Blow to Open Internet, Federal Appeals Strikes Down Biden FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules
The ruling creates a “dangerous regulatory gap that leaves consumers vulnerable and gives broadband providers unchecked power over Americans’ internet access,” said one advocate.
Derrick Z. Jackson: Republicans Line Up for the Real Scam on Renewable Energy
For all that President-elect Donald Trump trashed renewable energy on the stump, much of his ranting may very well become a murmur when he returns to the Oval Office.
Aru Shiney-Ajay: To Confront Trump and the Climate Crisis, Democrats Must Stand Up for Working People
Taking on corporate power and putting workers at the center of the party’s agenda is the best defense against the divide-and-conquer strategy of the populist right. That means backing policies … Continue reading
JULIA CONLEY: THE RESISTANCE STARTS NOW
“We’re more prepared than ever to block the disastrous Trump policies we know are coming,” said one climate group. As voters across the United States grappled on Wednesday with the … Continue reading
Jessica Corbett: Post-Dobbs Infant Mortality Spike Shows ‘We Must Restore Abortion Rights’
“In the seven to 14 months after Roe v. Wade was overturned, we saw a 7% increase in infant mortality, and a 10% increase in those babies born with congenital anomalies.”
Derrick Z. Jackson: Uneasy Election Enthusiasm in Philadelphia
More than any other social condition, concentrated poverty erodes the cooperative networks on which democratic participation depends.
Kristin Kanthak: How votes are counted in Pennsylvania
Changing numbers are a sign of transparency, not fraud, during an ongoing process.
Video: Michelle Obama Rallies for Harris in Kalamazoo
Former first lady Michelle Obama spoke at a rally for Vice President Kamala Harris in Kalamazoo, Michigan on October 26, 2024.
Rachel Hadas: ‘Each bears his own ghosts’
How the classics speak to these days of fear, anger and presidential candidates stalking the land
Charles Davidson: Donald Trump and an Insider’s View of Nazi Germany
IT WAS THE LATE 1930s IN GERMANY. Adolf Hitler had ascended to the chancellorship of the Third Reich in 1933.
Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan: Beware the Republican Plot to Steal the 2024 Election
Republicans are mounting an all-out assault on the election process that journalist Ari Berman refers to as a “five-alarm fire for democracy.”
