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Experts Warn No Action on High Rents Could Drive Voters to Germany’s Far Right
Leftist organizing on housing could be an important bulwark against the rise of Germany's far right AfD party.
Republicans Plan to Revive Legislative Attacks on Voting Rights
A key GOP lawmaker said the party would push to resurrect the ACE Act and the SAVE Act under a GOP trifecta.
Resurgent Puerto Rico Independence Movement Challenges 126 Years of Colonialism
Openly promoting decolonization and a social democratic alternative, a historic coalition made record electoral gains.
South Koreans Prove Democracy Can Survive in the Face of Authoritarianism
Offering a model for resisting authoritarianism, South Korean activists say they will “fight for democracy at any cost.”
Noncitizens Can’t Vote — 8 States Just Passed Amendments Forbidding It Anyway
The amendments created confusion and could be used to intimidate naturalized citizens or citizens with foreign parents.
Fascism Cannot Be Voted Away at the Ballot Box
Liberal voters joined the chorus of their representatives appealing to the right-wing constituents and still lost.
A Second Trump Presidency May Take Unilateral Presidential Powers to a New Level
The growing power of the presidency has been taking place in plain view, decade after decade in the Oval Office.
Pundits Consider How Trump Won While Activists Plan to Resist His Presidency
Republican Donald Trump will likely attain 312 Electoral College votes to Democrat Kamala Harris's 226 votes.
In the 2024 Election, the Race for Clean Energy Is Local
Eight states are holding elections for at least one seat in utility regulation on November 5.
In Key States, Election Officials Prepare to Challenge Results If Trump Loses
If and when Trump tries to prematurely declare victory, he won’t do it alone. He has allies in battleground states.