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In an interview with ProPublica, Sam Cooper describes how he unearthed scandals that have shaken the Canadian political system.

The proportion of publications that send a field in a new direction has plummeted over the past half-century.

Strong mayor reforms are a ruling class effort to insulate neoliberal policies from democratic interference

More states are slashing or eliminating taxes, lessening the burden mostly for the wealthy. What does that cost the rest of us?

The invention and subsequent development of technology was the inflection point from which humanity was to diverge towards an alternative pathway from all other life forms on Earth.

The Framers would have never tolerated debt-limit brinkmanship. It’s time to put this terrible idea on trial.

B4—the Broad Front Opposing the Right—can’t be about the status quo. While it must be aimed at defeating all attacks on our democratic rights, its thrust must be to expand democracy and shift US domestic and foreign policy.

“You’re the Commander in Chief. You’ve got an assault going on on the Capitol of the United States of America, and there’s nothing? No call? Nothing? Zero?” Milley said.

It’s not enough for socialists to point out capitalism’s many faults — we need to explain our positive vision of the future and how it lives up to our ideals of justice.

“1/6” imagines the dystopian MAGA future that almost was.