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Scott Walker Backers Defend Lead and Wisconsin’s Poisoned Politics
In Scott Walker's Wisconsin, lead chips have replaced cheese curds as the tasty snack of choice.
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Democracy Deferred: Ohio Removes Anti-Fracking Measures From County Ballots
Pre-election lawsuits and administrative wrangling to prevent local-level voting on issues are becoming the norm.
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Corporations in Politics Are Like a Tractor-Trailer Drifting Into Your Lane
Corporations are now in our elections and they're empowered to claim religious exemptions from democratically-enacted laws.
Henry A. Giroux on “War Culture” and the Undermining of Democracy
We need broad-based social movements to stop the US from tipping over into authoritarianism.
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Illiberal Democracy, Donald Trump and the 2016 Election
Trump has channeled latent bigotry and ideological extremism into a movement suited for illiberal democracy.
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Plutocracy of Maximums, Democracy of Minimums
It often takes little to change the balance of power between the dominating and the dominated.
It’s Time to Replace the Estate Tax With a Progressive Inheritance Tax
Gross concentrations of wealth, especially the inherited kind, are the death of democratic societies.
Populism Is the Solution to End Capitalist Destruction
A recycled political season that does not represent the interests of everyday people is one reason why populism is the answer.
“We No Longer Live in a Democracy”: Henry Giroux on a United States at War With Itself
To transform our society into a democracy, we first have to dismantle the myth of democracy as currently defined.
Three Reasons Trump Is Succeeding and What Progressives Can Do
Racism, patriarchy and hegemony are the powerful feelings and long-standing cultural values behind Trump's appeal.