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Can democracy in the United States survive naked dictatorial ambition and Christian nationalism in 2024? Here is how we -- the Portside moderators -- see it. And how you can help Portside.

Tom Mooney Reprieved (in 1918), Oil Embargo Layoffs (1973), Vaccine for Millions (1803), "Unrestrained, Indiscriminate Police Violence" (1968), Monroe Doctrine is Too Old (1823), NYC Says 'No' to Lynch Law (1933), Slavery's Enemies Organize (1833)

What was once a fringe legal theory now stands a real chance of being adopted by the Supreme Court.

The piece was nearing publication when the journal decided against publishing it. You can read the article here.

A federal appeals court decision is so outlandish that the Supreme Court will almost certainly reverse it.

In the throes of the Cold War, a tiny Caribbean island dared to wage a revolutionary experiment. As the Revo imploded, the United States invaded.

Lakota historian Nick Estes talks about the violent origins of Thanksgiving and his book Our History Is the Future. “This history … is a continuing history of genocide, of settler colonialism and, basically, the founding myths of this country,”

An algorithm that can analyse hundreds of millions of genetic sequences has identified DNA-cutting genes and enzymes that are extremely rare in nature.

Without a higher moral vision, the left is just another player in an endless saga of bloodshed and suffering.

Do we really want to go into an election supporting two major foreign wars and asking American taxpayers to pay for them – indefinitely?