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Jan. 6 Wasn’t the End — the Right Is Trying a Hostile Takeover State by State
It's clear that the Republican assault on democracy is actually just beginning.
As Iran Elects New President, Biden Urged to Rejoin Nuclear Deal, Lift Sanctions
Iran's conservative judiciary chief, Ebrahim Raisi, was elected president Saturday.
How Far Will the GOP Go to Steal the 2022 Election?
Americans who care about the fate and future of our republic damn well better get active now.
Leading Manhattan DA Candidate Has Repeatedly Paid Almost No Federal Income Tax
Tali Farhadian Weinstein and her husband paid nothing (or almost nothing) to the IRS four times in six years.
The Big Lie Will Go Down in Revisionist History Like the Civil War “Lost Cause”
The followers of today's new “lost cause” have become Donald Trump's Confederacy of dunces.
Critics Say Bipartisan Infrastructure Proposal Will Enrich Wall Street Investors
Organizers warned that the plan “would facilitate a Wall Street takeover of public services like water.”
Affordable Care Act Survives Right-Wing Attack in Supreme Court
The decision affirms that 21 million people who receive health care through the ACA will get to keep their insurance.
To End Racial Capitalism, We Will Need to Take On the Institution of Policing
Activists who are working to defund the police are also part of a collective struggle to end neoliberal capitalism.
Did Trump Just Concede? Former President Says “We Didn’t Win” on Fox News
In spite of recognizing he lost, the former president continued to peddle false claims of election fraud.
Democrats Prepare $6 Trillion Infrastructure Bill That Sidesteps GOP
Democrats are considering a reconciliation bill with infrastructure proposals excluded from the bipartisan negotiations.