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America’s fate looks bleak: Will it be oligarchy or autocracy?
Chris Hedges
America's oligarchic classes have united against the Trump cult. But they made him possible in the first place
Rev. William J. Barber II: America is now at the “most critical time, between life and death”
Chauncey DeVega
Founder of Poor People's Movement says focusing so much on Trump and racism was a mistake — but "the fight is on"
Democrats may torpedo their big plan: Shielding billionaire wealth, making it tougher to get aid
Igor Derysh
Corporate lobbyists fight back — and it looks like Rep. Richie Neal and Sen. Joe Manchin are doing their bidding
Robert E. Lee and the Trumpists: Why a Confederate “hero” is still important
Chauncey DeVega
Trump's remarks about the treasonous general were historically ignorant. To his followers, that's not a problem
As the right ramps up the cruelty and dread, it’s time to stay clear-headed — and fight back
Chauncey DeVega
The Supreme Court's late-night eviction decision was no anomaly — it's part of a blitzkrieg against democracy
The crisis of neoliberalism: America arrives at one of history’s great crossroads
Thom Hartmann
Neoliberal economics have failed, and everyone knows it. But are the Democrats strong enough to seize the moment?
Nina Turner defeated by Democratic establishment — her loss is the oligarchy’s gain
Norman Solomon
Mainstream Democrats defeated Turner by defaming her as a Biden-hater. But they haven't turned back the tide
GOP’s race to the bottom: Who can be the most obnoxious troll?
Amanda Marcotte
J.D. Vance's plan to ban the childless from voting illustrates how GOP politics has become a "worst person" contest
Scholar Carol Anderson on the “anti-Blackness” coded into the Second Amendment
Dean Obeidallah
Behind the Second Amendment's ambiguous language, Anderson says, is a white terror that endures to this day
J.D. Vance apologizes for calling Trump “reprehensible” and vowing not to vote for him
Jon Skolnik
"Hillbilly Elegy" author, now an Ohio Senate candidate, wants GOP voters "not to judge" his attacks on Trump
Peter Thiel’s army: Big Tech “disruptor” sets out to shake up the GOP
Igor Derysh
Thiel just made the biggest donation of his life and largest ever to a super PAC backing a single Senate candidate
The end of QAnon: U.S. Democracy still isn’t safe
Thom Hartmann
QAnon is not just Republican but anti-democracy, anti-American, pro-oligarch Republican
J.D. Vance leads GOP hypocrisy on “Big Tech” — while raking in cash from Silicon Valley
Igor Derysh
Josh Mandel and "Hillbilly Elegy" author J.D. Vance pose as anti-Big Tech populists — until you follow the money
Activist and Researcher Gregg Gonsalves on how to heal America after Trump’s COVID disaster
Chauncey DeVega
We need real accountability, says Gonsalves — and we need national health care. But true recovery may take decades
Upper-class traitor Chuck Collins on how “wealth hoarding” will create more Trumps
Chauncey DeVega
Chuck Collins walked away from a family fortune — and he's here to tell us how the super-rich dominate society
Republicans angered after over 100 top corporate leaders meet to push back against GOP war on voting
Jon Skolnik
"Oligarchy defined," Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley, a propagator of Trump's Big Lie, complained of the corporate effort
Legal scholar Jennifer Taub on Trump as a symptom of America’s massive inequality
Chauncey DeVega
Author of "Big Dirty Money" on the alternate universe where we had a fairer system and Trump had gone to prison
Why the left loves Martin Scorsese movies – especially right now
Keith A. Spencer
Shows and movies about organized crime are becoming cultural calling cards for the online left. Here’s why
CPAC was about more than Trump’s cult — it’s now cemented the GOP’s authoritarianism
Amanda Marcotte
Even scarier than Trump's personality cult, CPAC shows that Republicans' fascism deeper than Trump
Papering over the rot: Joe Biden’s window dressing can’t end oligarchy
Chris Hedges
Removing Donald Trump and the crackpot Christian fascists is a relief. But it's meaningless without systemic change
President Joe Biden offers us reasons for hope, at last — but hope can be hazardous
Norman Solomon
New presidents too often "make us the dupes of our hopes." We need hope — but we need to face inequality head-on
Historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat: Trump’s coup is not over; his enablers aren’t done
Dean Obeidallah
Author of "Strongmen": We're in a dangerous "state of exception," and it's too early to say democracy will hold
Corporate Democrats are to blame for the party’s losses — so naturally they’re blaming the left
Norman Solomon
Democratic "moderates" are looking for a scapegoat after falling short. Rep. Rashida Tlaib isn't having it
Author and radio host Thom Hartmann on the “struggle for democracy” and the road ahead
Chauncey DeVega
Biden's presidency could be the "last gasp" of democracy, says Hartmann, unless Democrats dump neoliberal economics
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