Democracy

Trump Attempts One More Preelection Power Grab

Trump Attempts One More Preelection Power Grab Trump Attempts One More Preelection Power Grab

An executive order establishing new hiring and firing practices will, if he is reelected, give him extraordinary control over almost the entire civil service.

Oct 27, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

A crowd of demonstrators wearing masks and waving flags.

A New Constitution: What the United States Can Learn From Chile A New Constitution: What the United States Can Learn From Chile

Do the problems that beset us, so similar to those that plague our Chilean brothers and sisters, not cry out for a radical reimagining of who we are?

Oct 26, 2020 / Ariel Dorfman

Bolivians Reclaim Their Democracy

Bolivians Reclaim Their Democracy Bolivians Reclaim Their Democracy

The overwhelming MAS election victory is a repudiation of the racist coup regime as well as of the Trump administration and the OAS, which helped install it.

Oct 21, 2020 / Mark Weisbrot

Joe Biden speaking in front of a lectern

Progressives Should Support Biden Now, but Be Ready to Push Later Progressives Should Support Biden Now, but Be Ready to Push Later

The chaos of recent years demands a paradigm shift.

Oct 20, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Progressives Won’t Wait for Biden to Set the Course

Progressives Won’t Wait for Biden to Set the Course Progressives Won’t Wait for Biden to Set the Course

If Biden plans to fulfill his campaign trail promise that he’ll be the “most progressive president since FDR,” he’ll have to help lead the push for progressive policies.

Oct 19, 2020 / Robert L. Borosage

A Woman’s Life

A Woman’s Life A Woman’s Life

Some 60,000 nursing home residents have died of the virus. How did they live?

Oct 14, 2020 / JoAnn Wypijewski

America’s Unending Struggle Between Oligarchy and Democracy

America’s Unending Struggle Between Oligarchy and Democracy America’s Unending Struggle Between Oligarchy and Democracy

A new history charts the three-centuries long contest between elites seeking to uphold a racial and economic order that benefits them alone and the forces of democracy seeking to d...

Oct 6, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Manisha Sinha

Richard Hofstadter’s Discontents

Richard Hofstadter’s Discontents Richard Hofstadter’s Discontents

Why did the historian come to fear the very movements he once would have celebrated?

Oct 6, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Jeet Heer

Trump speaks with his right hand up, gesturing.

Trump in the Debate: None Dare Call It Treason Trump in the Debate: None Dare Call It Treason

He’s now in a fascist halfway house—not able to abolish the election process entirely, but secure enough to wink and nod to neo-Nazi street-fighters.

Oct 1, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

Fire Donald Trump

Fire Donald Trump Fire Donald Trump

We have no illusions about Biden, but we need him to win.

Oct 1, 2020 / The Nation

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