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Democracy
Citizenship Through the Eyes of Those Who Have Lost the Right to Vote
Millions of US citizens cannot vote because they have been convicted of a felony.
How Facebook and Surveillance Capitalism Empower Authoritarianism
On Tuesday, Facebook said it had removed 32 fake accounts set up to influence the midterm elections.
Participatory Democracy: A Tool for Social Change
It's about wielding power against unaccountable corporations and governments.
Empires Are Always Failed Experiments, and the US Is No Exception
It’s hard to look back on the last decades and not think that democracy has been sinking under the imperial waves.
The Importance of Being Uncivil
Why should we be civil while internment camps, travel bans, police murder and other atrocities rule the land?
Reading Against Fascism
Democracy cannot survive with a public that is inattentive to the power of language and indifferent to history.
Trump’s Supreme Court: Capitalism and Democracy Can No Longer Coexist
Kavanaugh pushes the Supreme Court toward a far-right corporate state.
The Anti-Fraud Movement Behind Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s Historic Win
Does Obrador's pledge to govern under a “moral constitution” promise a new era of democracy for Mexico?
Henry A. Giroux: The Nightmare of Neoliberal Fascism
It's time we recognized that capitalism is not democracy.
DNC Adopts Rule Forcing Presidential Candidates to Be Members of Democratic Party
Many Sanders supports are calling the rule change a “slap in the face” to progressive outsiders.