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The Supreme Court decision on gerrymandering points in one direction only: Come 2028, Democrats have to declare a take-no-prisoners redistricting war on the GOP.

Medgar Evers and Martin Luther King Jr. and Viola Liuzzo did not die just for the conservative majority to commit this heartless act of political vandalism. In a 6-3 decision, the court rendered ineffective section 2 of the Voting Rights Act...

The abolitionist vision of national and egalitarian citizenship that the radical Republicans embedded into the Constitution was forged in direct opposition to the notion that citizenship is a privilege rather than a natural right bestowed by birth.

Events keep demonstrating Donald Trump’s absolutely limitless claims of power to do anything. So nobody should be surprised at the resounding claim that his agents can kill people in cold blood, and they’re immune from any scrutiny.

Supreme Court Deals Trump Huge Christmas Loss. The Criminals Who Bought Trump. Desi 2025: Trump's Ass-Kissing Cabinet, MAGA's Pope Tantrum. Across the Borderline. I Taught an Octopus To Play Piano.

Reformers must insist on remaking institutions like the US Supreme Court so that Americans don’t have to suffer future decades of oligarchy-facilitating rule that makes a parody of the democracy they were promised.

As the Supreme Court now considers whether Trump can take over the Federal Reserve, we lose either way. In what may be its most difficult challenge: To whom does it owe its ultimate submission and greatest obeisance: Donald Trump, or Wall Street?

Lower courts are holding the line against authoritarianism while getting death threats and zero backup from above.