Labor unions, as individual organizations and in coalitions like May Day Strong, are mobilizing to defend democracy this fall.
Flávio Bolsonaro of the state of Rio de Janeiro, the eldest son of Lula's predecessor Jair Bolsonaro, led with 47% of the vote over incumbent president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's 45%. They will face each other in a runoff on 25 October 2026.
A free press is really expensive
Brazil’s presidential election is on a knife-edge. Right-winger Flávio Bolsonaro has powerful interests on his side but is also counting on the Trump administration’s help to push him over the line.
Democracy and data centers
The Minnesota movement still holds important lessons for those working to defend democracy in the Trump era.
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On Thursday, in The New Republic, conservative judge J. Michael Luttig published a dire warning to the Republican Party…and to all Americans. Luttig outlined how Republicans could refuse to seat elected Democrats after a Democratic victory.
Any post-MAGA renewal of democracy starts with a federal right to vote. But it hardly ends there.
In a blistering dissent, Jackson warned that the Court’s emergency ruling lets the Trump administration continue pursuing changes to state-run mail voting systems even though “no judge or Justice” has concluded that Trump’s order is constitutional.
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