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This is how authoritarians operate: they flourish when the population feels despair, turning even moments that could bring us together into tools for separation.

The claim is central to rationales for arming Israel even as leading human rights groups decry genocide in Gaza

In “Born Equal,” Akhil Reed Amar paints a sprawling portrait of 19th-century America in thrall to its founding moment.

The fire this time

Morale has plummeted as staff charged with protecting U.S. workers feel their core mission is being undermined.

A national poll from Jacobin, DSA Fund, and Data for Progress finds broad support for democratic socialist leaders and left-wing policies.

It was a first for an electoral democracy. Backers say it is more transparent than what politicians do. But it has risks.

The Washington Post’s Karen Attiah is the latest prominent Black journalist to lose her job. The trend is a sign of retrenchment in both fighting racism and saving democracy.

Hundreds of billions in appropriated spending has been withheld, with dire consequences. Government funding shouldn’t be derailed like this.

Murder by meme