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Corporate Triumphs, Progressive Victories and the Roadmap for a Democratic Revival
Below the radar of most national media, progressive wages success campaigns on a variety of other issues.
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Stand Up and Fight
Sophisticated campaign targeting and get-out-the-vote operations can't substitute for the passion, clarity, and vision that motivate Democrats to vote.
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Henry A. Giroux | Capitalism Is a Tumor on the Body Politic: What’s the Alternative? Beyond Mid-Election Babble
Social justice activists' biggest challenge is to provide an alternative discourse that can convince US citizens that real democracy is worth fighting for.
An Open Letter to My Fellow Americans
This is not a “left” or “right” problem, but a threat which all of us face.
GOP Triumph Tempered By Hard Problems, Now and in 2016
One-third of the Senate comes up for reelection every two years, and by luck of the draw, the states in this year's batch are disproportionately conservative.
US Energy Policies Based on Inflated Fracking Predictions: Post Carbon Institute Report
A new report from the Post Carbon Institute exposes highly inflated forecasts and concludes that the amount of oil that can be tapped by hydraulic fracturing cannot be maintained …
The Conscience of a Moderate
Speth's book tells a story of racist and sexist Agrarians who wanted to resist corporatism but didn't really do so.
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Gerrymandering: A Plague on Both Our Parties!
Gerrymandering is the byproduct of a failed democracy.
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The Fearleaders for War
Cue the racist panic.
The Uncertainty of Access: Reproductive Health in the Rio Grande Valley
As goes reproductive health-care access in Texas, so may go the nation.