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What the right wing in Latin America means by democracy is violence
Vijay Prashad
There is a rapid and disturbing attack on the political fabric of Bolivia
Climate experts agree: “Steve Mnuchin should go back to college” — not Greta Thunberg
Matthew Rozsa
"After she goes and studies economics in college, she can come back," Mnuchin said in a dismissal of Thunberg
Moderate Democrats are celebrating MLK. He was disgusted by them
Bob Hennelly
MLK was "gravely disappointed" with white moderates, whom he believed were responsible for impeding civil rights
If you want a preview of what four more years of Trump could bring, visit Hungary
Thom Hartmann
Steve Bannon has said that Hungary’s strongman prime minister Viktor Orbán was “Trump before Trump.”
Onward, Christian fascists
Chris Hedges
Trump’s legacy will be the empowerment of Christian totalitarians
A New Year’s resolution for Democrats: To win in 2020, get the f**k over 2016 already
Andrew O'Hehir
Democrats must escape the poisonous hangover of Bernie v. Hillary. I've got terms for a truce: You'll hate it
The “Bernie Blackout” appears to be over: How will the media cover the Sanders campaign now?
Sophia A. McClennen
Corporate news media is finally taking the Sanders campaign seriously. Does that mean the end of anti-Bernie bias?
How America broke up with the Democratic Party
Thom Hartmann
In the past few decades, Americans “fell out of love” with the Democratic Party. What happened?
Author Chris Hedges on Trump, the Democrats and the dying American empire
Chauncey DeVega
Impeaching Trump without addressing America's deeper structural problems, says Hedges, will only make things worse
Will America’s billionaires start a second Civil War to protect their wealth and power?
Thom Hartmann
The stakes couldn’t be higher.
The coup in Bolivia has everything to do with the screen you’re using to read this
Vijay Prashad
The two largest sources of indium — an important component of an LCD screen — can be found in Canada and in Bolivia
Class warfare: Billionaires vs. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren
Norman Solomon
Forces of wealth and privilege are outraged that they have to face not one, but two progressive candidates
Robert Reich: The real divide
Robert Reich
Today’s great divide is not between left and right. It’s between democracy and oligarchy.
How the Supreme Court and the morbidly rich are ruining democracy in America
Thom Hartmann
Democracy in the U.S. is being replaced by a corporate state with little regard for morality, life or the law
The Trump murder video is no joke: It’s an encouragement to ramp up the violence
Chauncey DeVega
Of course the president's allies dismiss this vision of mayhem as satire. But it has a clear and chilling purpose
Questions for Elizabeth Warren: Now that you’re the frontrunner, we need to talk
Anis Shivani
First a Republican, then a neoliberal reformer, now a progressive. Elizabeth Warren is surging. But who is she?
Crises in Iraq and Haiti expose the failure of militarized neoliberalism
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies
Two countries in crisis, Haiti and Iraq, are on opposite ends of the earth but have something important in common
Robert Reich: Why 2020 won’t be won by centrists
Robert Reich
We don’t want to go back to the way it was before Trump. We have to go forward.
When Republicans were actually republican: Is that a basis for renewal?
Forrest A. Nabors
The Republican Party first emerged as a defender of democracy in its darkest hour. Can that spirit be renewed?
Donald Trump and dog-whistle politics: How to beat him — and build long-term progressive victory
Paul Rosenberg
Ian Haney López on how a "race-class narrative" that includes white people can transform democracy in America
We have to undo the attack on the middle class that started with Reagan if we want democracy back
Thom Hartmann
The destruction of the middle class is destroying democracies and paving the way for authoritarian rule
Sanders proposes wealth tax to slash fortunes of ultra-rich
Jake Johnson
"I don't think billionaires should exist," Sanders told the New York Times in an interview
According to media, Russia has “oligarchs,” but America only has “businessmen”
Alan MacLeod
In mainstream media, the only "oligarchs" are in the former Soviet Union. The ultra-rich here are — what, exactly?
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