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More than two centuries after it was designed to empower southern white voters, the system continues to do just that.
A Forgotten Chapter in the Working-Class Fight for Democratic Rights
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Protests against the government in Lebanon are continuing, despite the army moving to reopen key roads.
If Kickstarter became a union company, it would be the first of the major tech companies to do so. The company has a chance to show which side it’s really on.
As Congress returns to Washington, the impeachment proceedings are likely to gain steam. The authors argue the left can't afford to sit this fight out, but should be a part of the broad anti-Trump front working to protect and expand democracy.
Trump is counting on his base to endorse his increasingly open law-breaking. It may not end well. His public appeal to China last week to help uncover dirt on the Biden family was both a brazen flouting of the law and an astute political tactic.
At the top there’s corruption, down below there’s dismantling and disarray. Americans are entering a period of immense danger
People are hitting the streets to protest government inaction, repression, and corruption. Youth have "unbounded energy and optimism coupled with idealism." That energy, however, can't be sustained without organization, activists warn.
Impeachment should be about how an oligarch debauched democracy, not about a president clashing with the national security establishment.
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