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Although the congressional elections in November 2026 may push MAGA back for a while, the longer-range prognosis for US democracy depends primarily on the grassroots mobilization of the widest possible spectrum of the American population.

"Israel has lost the support of the world, including the American people," said policy analyst Jeffrey Sachs.

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Civil society can’t be saved in the courts alone. It’s up to us as a people to stand up and push back.

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The polling follow a Republican push to change Nebraska rules to boost GOP nominee Donald Trump's chances of winning in November.

Ahead of Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress, seven unions — whose members constitute almost half of all American union members — have demanded an end to US military aid to Israel. The labor movement’s calls to end the Gaza genocide are growing.

A united opposition group led by Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu could finally end the Turkish president’s decades of power

Get organized. Ask for meetings with your representatives or their foreign policy staffers. Be fierce; be relentless. Channel the grit of a Pentagon lobbyist.