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From pursuing “enemies” to cementing plutocracy, Trump’s second term will test the resilience of the constitutional order. This time, he has control of Congress and a Supreme Court ruling guaranteeing immunity. Five authors share their views.

The outgoing president was right, in his farewell address, to warn of the dangers posed by the billionaires around the table

Elon Musk emerged victorious in Trumpworld’s first fight over foreign-born tech workers. But underneath Laura Loomer’s hateful rhetoric lies a legitimate concern.

A broad swath of the progressive movement “left it all on the field” in 2024. Some sobering lessons about progressive strength, Establishment myopia and the challenges of democratic organizing in increasingly oligarchical society.

The Vermont senator said Musk has done "an exceptional job of demonstrating a point that we have made for years—and that is the fact we live in an oligarchic society."

The crisis of 2020 has created the greatest wealth gap in history. The middle class, capitalism and democracy are all under threat. What went wrong and what can be done?

Violence has not produced justice anywhere. We must build a nonviolent movement in the 21st century that advances a multi-racial democracy that has never before existed in the United States.

The violent right’s influence in intelligence, police, conservatism - and how to fight it

Race, gender, religion, abortion, immigration, gun control, culture and patriotism are issues used to divide the public. The culture wars give the oligarchs, both Democrats and Republicans, the cover to continue the pillage.

“I tell the people,” Maduro said, “this presidential sash is yours. The power of this sash is yours. It does not belong to the oligarchy or to imperialism. It belongs to the sovereign people of Venezuela.”