Democracy 101 by Joe Costello

Apr 5, 2021 by

[Translate] Democracy 101 Joe Costello 1:43 PM (1 hour ago) to The NYT has an analysis of the recent Georgia election law and despite...

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Review of Charles Payne’...

Apr 16, 2020 by

Review of Charles Payne’s, I’ve Got the Light of Freedom

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Here are the 2 historical infl...

Feb 4, 2020 by

For years now we’ve known that Donald Trump lied and cheated in his business dealings. We know that—at a minimum—he welcomed Russian interference in the 2016 election and that he obstructed justice to thwart the investigation of those efforts. We know that he extorted the Ukrainian president to get dirt on his political opponent and then covered it up by obstructing investigations in congress.

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Disbanded Air Pollution Panel ...

Oct 22, 2019 by

The Independent Particulate Matter Review Panel has released their consensus recommendations to the EPA administrator on the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter.

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We cannot have Environmental J...

Jun 3, 2019 by

Abortion access is critical and necessary to our health and well being of our environment

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Let’s Stop Letting Minority Ru...

Jun 3, 2019 by

Missouri is still set to become the first state in over 45 years to not offer abortion as a part of healthcare. Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi have recently joined other states in not only limiting access to abortion (relying on misinformation), but also challenging its constitutionality.

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Is America Becoming an Oligarc...

Apr 15, 2019 by

Growing inequality threatens our most basic democratic principles.

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Rising hopes for democracy in ...

Jan 5, 2019 by

At a time when many see looming clouds on the horizon of American democracy, I’ve been thinking about glimmers of hope.

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Barack Obama Just Delivered th...

Oct 22, 2018 by

“The biggest threat to our democracy is indifference.”

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What Are Capitalists Thinking?

Aug 6, 2018 by

[Translate] By Michael Tomasky   If they’re worried about what’s driving the growing appeal of socialism, they need to look in the...

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Will We Stop Trump Before It’s...

Jun 15, 2018 by

[Translate] SundayReview | Opinion Fascism poses a more serious threat now thanat any time since the end of World War II. By...

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Koch Brothers Bankroll Move to...

Feb 25, 2018 by

[Translate] Politics A constitutional convention, something thought impossible not long ago, is looking increasingly likely. By Alex...

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The Koch Klan is funding a ste...

Feb 23, 2018 by

[Translate] Subscribe to Hightower’s Radio Lowdown with your favorite podcast a What’s happening to America? I mean the big...

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ET TU AMERICA?

Jan 24, 2018 by

[Translate]  JOE COSTELLO Et Tu America? “It is true that the history of past centuries ought to be the instructress of the...

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Christmas Comes Early to Dixie

Dec 13, 2017 by

[Translate] Democracy & Government We’re relieved to have been wrong in expecting Roy Moore to win. But there’s still...

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The Trump-Russia Story Is Comi...

Nov 24, 2017 by

[Translate] Democracy & Government “Everything the Trump campaign told you about the connections between Trump and Russia...

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Moyers and McKibben: Time Is R...

Nov 9, 2017 by

[Translate] Environment McKibben’s new enviro novel takes up where Edward Abbey’s “The Monkey Wrench Gang”...

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10 Upcoming Supreme Court Case...

Sep 30, 2017 by

[Translate] Cases on gutting voting rights; labor, LGBTQ, immigrant and whistleblower protections; privacy and police searches. By...

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Danger of Dynastic Wealth

Sep 17, 2017 by

[Translate] Michael Vadon / CC BY 2.0 White House National Economic Council director Gary Cohn, former president of Goldman Sachs,...

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The Dangerous Case of Donald T...

Sep 15, 2017 by

[Translate] Democracy & Government Renowned psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton on the Goldwater Rule: We have a duty to warn if...

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Out of the ashes of war in Syr...

Sep 4, 2017 by

[Translate] The YPG, known also as Peoples Protection Units, is the Kurdish army in Syria. (Kurdishstruggle / CC BY 2.0) Out of the...

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The Well-Armed, Uniformed Mili...

Aug 30, 2017 by

[Translate] Democracy & Government Among the abominations of Charlottesville were far-right groups openly carrying assault...

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Democracy in North Carolina Co...

Aug 24, 2017 by

[Translate] politics Wendy Weiser and Daniel Weiner     TIME.COM Weiser is the director of the Democracy Program at the Brennan...

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Three Trump Speeches and the D...

Aug 4, 2017 by

[Translate] Democracy & Government In just a short time, through actions and especially words, this presidency has diminished us...

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A 21st-Century Form of Indentu...

Jul 18, 2017 by

[Translate] Labor Corpations want to make sure that laborers never again have the power to tell big business how to treat them. By...

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Wallace Stevens on Reality, Cr...

Jul 7, 2017 by

[Translate] brainpickings “A society must assume that it is stable,” James Baldwin wrote in his timeless treatise on the creative...

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WHAT THEY WANT TO HIDE TELLS Y...

Jun 21, 2017 by

[Translate] Democracy & Government Trump and his Wall Street cronies want to freeze — and no longer make public — bank reporting...

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DESCENT INTO SECRECY: SENATE H...

Jun 18, 2017 by

[Translate] Democracy & Government In three decades of reporting, veteran health care reporter Julie Rovner has had a front-row...

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ENABLING A DANGEROUS PRESIDENT...

Jun 7, 2017 by

[Translate] Democracy & Government The president’s son-in-law is the Trump era’s Forrest Gump. By Steven Harper...

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BE WARNED, DONALD TRUMP: GHOST...

Jun 2, 2017 by

[Translate] Democracy & Government Harry Truman understood the importance of allies in Europe. President Trump does not. By...

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