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Democracy Is Being Dismantled Before Our Eyes: Bob Herbert on Sheldon Adelson-Backed GOP Debate
Adelson and fellow billionaire Donald Trump held a private meeting before the event.
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How Dark Money Groups Can Get Away With Breaking the Law
Registered nonprofits are spending anonymous campaign cash on political ads, despite their tax-exempt status.
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Trump Is Even More Extreme Than France’s Far-Right Marine Le Pen
The anti Muslim rhetoric in the US keeps getting worse.
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Committee to Defund Planned Parenthood: The GOP’s Plan to Distract From Their Assault on Black Women
I can only see this inhumane objective to defund Planned Parenthood.
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What the GOP Is Putting Under Corporate America’s Tree
This year-end tax package is a grab bag of gifts for corporations and a lump of coal for working families.
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Henry A. Giroux | Fascism in Donald Trump’s United States
Let's call it what it is: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's political ideology is unapologetically fascist.
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Brazil Should Stand Firm Against US-Led Campaign to Undermine Venezuelan Elections
Washington has been trying to get rid of the Venezuelan government for more than 13 years.
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Hillary Clinton’s Ghosts: A Legacy of Pushing the Democratic Party to the Right
Progressive voters should remember Hillary Clinton's record of fighting against populism within the Democratic Party.
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Calling Out the Republican Party as a Hate Group
Republican politicians' racist rhetoric should make us question and criticize anyone's affiliation with the Republican Party.
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Peace Boats on the Seas of Okinawa
I witnessed nonviolent efforts of ordinary Japanese to end the more than 70 years of US military bases in their midst.