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The Left Is on a Roll, and Trump Is Beatable in 2020
The left is strong and Trump is impeachable and beatable. Should we dare to hope for a big change in 2020?
It’s Not Too Soon to Look at the 2020 Senate Picture
Can the Democrats take control of the Senate in 2020?
What Fresh Hell in 2019? Your Guess Is as Good as Mine.
We have the power to tilt this sad, strange world ever so slightly on its axis.
The Year Without the Open Internet Order
2018 proved just how important the 2015 Open Internet Order was to protecting net neutrality.
Arundhati Roy on Fiction in the Face of Rising Fascism
“People don't forget their poets, however much violence is done.”
2018 Saw a Spate of Partisan Attacks on State Courts
This year, lawmakers in at least 18 states considered at least 60 bills that would have diminished the judiciary.
Trump Administration Suggests Unpaid Federal Workers Do Odd Jobs to Cover Rent
The advice came as Republican lawmakers announced there has been no progress on reopening the government.
Unpaid Federal Employees Set Record Straight With Shutdown Stories
After Trump claimed furloughed federal workers support the shutdown, they took to social media.
We Can’t Wait on a Savior to Remove Trump. We Must Resist En Masse.
The GOP is guilty of carrying out the crimes of this regime, but unless we resist, we also become complicit.
The Roots of Fascism and the Seeds for Its Defeat
German revolutionary Clara Zetkin still holds lessons for the left in the fight against fascism.