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Did Backlash Against GOP Voter Suppression Increase Black Voter Turnout?
Voter suppression laws might have in fact pushed higher voter turn out among minority communities. Brendan Fischer reports.
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“Declaration”: An Excerpt
The authors of Declaration examine injustices that democracy has wrought and share an excerpt.
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Another Government Is Necessary: The People Can Rule Better Than the Elites
On Earth Day, a new alternative government, the Green Shadow Cabinet, was announced. Its over 80 members are leaders in their fields, from medicine to art to activism, and …
Thom Hartmann on the News: Criminalizing Immigration, Florida Rejects Medicaid Funding, and More
Thom Hartmann on the News
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Guatemala Genocide Trial Must Resume, Say Human Rights Leaders
If witnesses to the 1980s massacres are forced to re-testify, they'll face risk and strain beyond what they've already overcome in order to speak out.
Bob Edgar: A Tainted Democracy
Bob Edgar is remembered for his lifelong commitment to social justice and his belief that government can be made to work for and with the people.
Putting Water Back in Public Hands
Nick Buxton: Paris and other cities have remunicipalised water that had been privatized saving users money and introducing more democracy and transparency.
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Authoritarianism Has Quietly Enveloped Every Part of American Life – We Must Fight Back
Privacy, not surveillance, is what must be justified now. We must make sure not to draw the wrong lessons from Boston.
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On Filibuster, It’s Past Time to End “False Equivalence“
Andrew Cohen: The Senate's dubious vote on gun background checks last Wednesday is a study in at least three different layers of failure.
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Creatures of the Dark: Wisconsin GOP Caught Deleting Records, Again
Thousands of Republican redistricting files in Wisconsin were deleted last year, confirming accusations that they are covering their tracks.