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Trump’s Choice of Gorsuch Endangers Civil, Human and Environmental Rights
With Gorsuch on the bench, people of color, women and unions will see their hard-earned rights undermined.
The Supreme Court Supplied a Blueprint to Overcome “Citizens United” — We Just Need to Use It
A 2011 Supreme Court decision lights the way for local or state governments to overcome Citizens United.
Can the Trump-Pence Administration Overturn Roe v. Wade?
Attacks on Roe v. Wade won't succeed overnight, but state legislatures are pursuing ways to re-criminalize abortion.
What Pro-Choice Organizing in the Reagan Years Can Teach Us for the Trump Years
The Reagan years were an era of intensified attacks on women's rights, but resistance built from the grassroots stood up to the anti-choicers.
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2016: A Bad Year for Democracy, but “Best Ever” for Big Media
The fact that the Trump campaign made 2016 “the best year in the history of cable news” should scare Americans.
Labor Opponents Already Have the Next “Friedrichs” SCOTUS Case Ready to Go Under Trump
The Supreme Court gave unions an unexpected victory last year, but that win may be short-lived.
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From Reagan to Trump: Reflecting on Three Disastrous Elections
Will a Trump presidency be even more harmful to the world than the Reagan and Bush presidencies were?
Playing Defense: How Progressives Could Push Democrats to Block the Trump Agenda
Progressives now have more power within the Democratic Party, which activists must push to be more militant.
The Assassination of Fred Hampton: 47 Years Later
We must never forget the murderous role played by the FBI and COINTELPRO in destroying Black organizations and leaders.
Labor Law Faces Dire New Threats From Supreme Court Under Trump
The legitimacy of the courts themselves is at stake in union-busting, right-to-work cases, such as Janus v. AFSCME.