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Badly Needed Humor and the Left: An Interview and a Few History Notes
Have we ever needed radical humor more than now?
William Rivers Pitt | Debate #3: Our Long National Nightmare Is Far From Over
This debate served to demonstrate just how far to the right the political dialogue in this country has tacked.
Can We Build on the Anti-Trump Political Solidarity Among Women?
If Donald Trump loses the election, political solidarity among women will win.
Going Deep Into the Oak Leaf Saga: Things Get Funky at the Nexus of Mobile Homes and Affordable Housing
Spend a minute inside Victor Johanson's single-wide trailer, and three things become clear.
The $1 Billion Election No One Is Noticing
Most media is focused on the presidential circus, state and local candidates have raked in massive amounts of money.
A Multiracial and Multigenerational Movement Is Coming Together in Arizona
We deserve more than the mistreatment Arizona has given us, and this year will be the start of us getting it.
Stand Up and Be Counted — Maybe
Provisional ballots, meant to ensure every voter gets access to the ballot, are often tossed out.
The Presidential Race to the Bottom
Donald Trump's candidacy is swirling around the toilet bowl and headed toward that final flush.
Voting Is One Thing, but Let’s Not Let Partisan Loyalties Numb Us to Injustice
The downward spiral of the Democratic Party can only be stopped if we have a genuinely democratic multiparty system.
Is Trump’s Rise a Result of the US Declaring War on Institutions That Make Democracy Possible?
Henry Giroux critiques what he believes is a slide toward authoritarianism and other failings that led to the current political climate and rise of Donald Trump.