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As Washington Becomes a Swamp of Corruption, Can Legislation Clean Up the Mess?
Sen. Elizabeth Warren's Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act can help us clean up the Washington swamp.
Why We Need to See Trump’s Tax Returns
Could Donald Trump be a one-man version of either Enron or Lehman Brothers?
Kavanaugh’s Confirmation Is About “Life and Death for Women”
Dahlia Lithwick, senior editor at Slate.com, discusses more.
Kavanaugh Accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, Willing to Testify Before Senate
Ford is willing to go through with testimony despite the violent and threatening reactions she has already received.
Henry A. Giroux on How Destroying Public Space Means Destroying Dissent
The starting point for fascism is in the destruction of public spaces that make dissent possible.
Nobody in the White House Is Part of “the Resistance”
They support cuts to billionaires’ taxes, deregulating corporations and feeding the military-industrial complex.
The Problem With Singling Out Anti-Semitism on the Left
Racial justice work should challenge all systems of oppression in our communities and across the globe.
Haiti’s Founding Father’s Black Revolution Was Too Radical for Thomas Jefferson
When Jean-Jacques Dessalines declared Haiti’s independence in 1804, he became the Americas' first black head of state.
Protesters Disrupting World Hindu Congress in Chicago Met With Violence
The anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim movement in the US has much in common with Hindu nationalism in India.
Ted Cruz Might Lose, and Other Giddy Tidbits From Election 2018
There's something happening here, and it ain't all Trump.