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Going on the Offensive: A State-Based Strategy for the Democratic Party
Democratic states can collectively seize this moment to flip the states' rights strategy into a progressive one.
Despite Supreme Court Ruling, States Challenge Marriage Equality
With almost two-thirds of the state legislatures in the country under GOP control, a ratified constitutional amendment is a possibility, although a long shot.
Trump Challenges the Limits of Executive Power
In stopping Trump's unlawful Muslim ban, US courts were fulfilling their constitutional responsibility.
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?