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Why Impeachment Was Not a Mistake

Robert Kuttner The American Prospect
Republican devotion to the Great Dictator held. Trump is gloating. But impeachment responded to a challenge to democracy that had to be answered.

Friday Nite Videos | February 7, 2020

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Hasan Minhaj Sits Down With Bernie Sanders. The American Pie Is a Lot More Unequal Than People Imagine. Bob Marley at 75 | Redemption Song. We Know Why Nancy Pelosi Tore Up Trump's Speech. Mitt Romney's Statement on the Impeachment of Donald Trump.

Tidbits - Feb. 6, 2020 - Reader Comments: Guilty -Not Impeached; Sanders campaign; Martin Luther King's Legacy; Organizing; Afghanistan, Guantánamo; Black History Month resources; Labor Scholarships available; Harry Belafonte celebration; Announcements;

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Reader Comments: Guilty But Not Impeached; Bernie Sanders campaign; Martin Luther King's Legacy; Organizing Workers; Afghanistan, Guantánamo; Black History Month resources; Labor Scholarships available; Harry Belafonte celebration; Announcements;

Millions in India Are Practically in Open Rebellion Against the Modi Government

Janine Jackson interview with Vijay Prashad FAIR - Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting
‘This Is About Making a Very Large Number of Indians Second-Class Citizens’ CounterSpin interview with Vijay Prashad about Indian demonstrations. This Citizenship Amendment Act is essentially the last straw, particularly for young people

The Neighborhoods We Will Not Share

Richard Rothstein The New York Times
Persistent housing segregation lies at the root of many of our society’s problems. Trump wants to make it worse. This was not a peculiar Southern obsession, but consistent nationwide. In many hundreds of instances nationwide, mob violence....

How Socialists Can Govern

Bill Fletcher Jr. Dissent Magazine
Many on the U.S. left fear governing power, in part because it has been so difficult to achieve. More recent optimism among socialists is a welcome development—but we need a middle ground between being cynical and naive.