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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.
Elizabeth Warren Announces 2020 Presidential Run
Warren, 69, is one of many high-profile Democrats who have long been expected to challenge Trump's re-election.
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.”
2,200 Women Who Ran for Office in 2018 Lost. What’s Next for Them?
A record number of female candidates won in the 2018 midterms. Even more lost. But defeat isn't the end for most.
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.
The GOP Will Keep Developing New Ways to Subvert Public Will
Writer and activist Paul Rosenberg discusses Republicans' post-election power grabs.
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.