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Interview
Voter Suppression Has Spread Like Fire Across the US — Far Beyond the South
Long lines, a record number of mail-in ballots and legal fights have marked voting during the pandemic.
Trump Has Stoked White Supremacy and Led Police to Act Outside the Law
Jeremy Scahill says that Donald Trump has opened the door for the most extremist views of the Republican Party.
The US Chose Endless War Over Pandemic Preparedness. Now We See the Effects.
Spending trillions on the annual military budget has stolen money that could have been used for pandemic preparedness.
West Virginia Mom Tells Her Abortion Story in Speech Against Amy Coney Barrett
Judge Barrett has refused to answer questions about her views on abortion despite her public record of opposition.
SCOTUS Must Be Weakened to Safeguard Democracy, Says Legal Scholar
Legal scholar Samuel Moyn says the U.S. was founded on minority rule and SCOTUS has long been a part of that picture.
Protests at Amy Coney Barrett Hearing Rail Against GOP Power Grab
At least 21 were arrested after staging a sit-in to oppose the Senate pushing through Barrett’s nomination.
Noam Chomsky: Trump Is Willing to Dismantle Democracy to Hold On to Power
The fact that Trump’s coup threat is even being discussed shows how effectively he has undermined formal democracy.
Trump’s Tax Returns Reflect Undue Privileges Given to Real Estate in Tax Code
The ongoing defunding of federal tax enforcement will further enable the shenanigans of wealthy folks like Donald Trump.
FBI Charges Men Involved in Whitmer Kidnapping Plot With Domestic Terrorism
Local Democrats have been warning for months about the threat posed by far right extremists.
Rev. William Barber: Republicans Can’t Win Without Voter Suppression
Barber says that voter suppression efforts ahead of the election amount to “surgical racism with surgical precision.”