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An Abolitionist Response to Project 2025

Project 2025, created by the extremist right-wing Heritage Foundation, fortifies the racist impact of policing by empowering the Department of Justice to focus on violent crime, despite the fact that

| Oct 3, 2024

Impeachment Season Has Already Started in Wisconsin

The Wisconsin GOP’s plan to impeach a Democratic state Supreme Court justice is unsupported by law and would undermine judicial independence.

Derek Clinger, Robert Yablon | Sep 19, 2023

Opinion | Democrats | Joe Biden | unemployment | Inflation

Battle-Ready Biden Is Playing the Long Game

The president’s address showcased two years of policy wins, an ambitious wishlist, and that Biden is in a fighting mood.

Chris Winters | Feb 9, 2023

Opinion | GOP | Democrats | Donald Trump | Brazil

A Coup for All Seasons

The next two years will mark a return to chaos in government, as an empowered right wing takes over the House.

Chris Winters | Jan 18, 2023

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Opinion | Democrats | midterms | Democracy

Reckoning With Right-Wing Violence

When one of the nation’s two political parties no longer believes in the democratic process, what happens to democracy?

John Restakis | Nov 8, 2022

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The Most Important Midterm Election

There are some positive signs heading into Election Day. But there are just as many indicating a far grimmer outcome.

Chris Winters | Nov 7, 2022

Why Conservative Parts of the U.S. Are So Angry

Republican America is poorer, more violent, and less healthy than Democratic America. But Republicans’ blame is misplaced.

Mike Males | Mar 21, 2022

Unpacking the Uproar Over the First Black Woman Supreme Court Nominee

Dr. Judy Lubin of the Center for Urban and Racial Equity explains why it is important to be intentional about dismantling systemic racism in the coming battle to nominate the next Supreme Court justice.

Sonali Kolhatkar | Feb 9, 2022

Can We Still Save U.S. Democracy?

Voting rights reform has died an ignoble death in Congress. The way forward isn’t clear or inspiring, but at least we still have one.

Chris Winters | Jan 25, 2022

Opinion | Build Back Better | Inflation | Democrats | Joe Biden

Blowing Up a Few Myths About Inflation

Unchecked inflation can be damaging, but what we’re seeing in the U.S. is a fundamentally different issue: one in which inflation is being politicized.

Chris Winters | Nov 22, 2021

Opinion | Democrats | Politics

Exhausted by Toxic Politics? There’s a Way Forward

Research shows that polarized political discourse is actually addictive. We need a mass movement to break the cycle.

Peter T. Coleman | Oct 4, 2021

What Democrats Can Learn from California’s Failed Recall

California Gov. Gavin Newsom emerged from a recall election on Sept. 14, 2021, as the big winner, having secured a heavy majority of the vote. But while most eyes were on the

Raphael J. Sonenshein | Sep 15, 2021

California’s Recall Election Is a Wake-Up Call for Democrats

If Tuesday’s recall vote in California passes, the Golden State will go the way of Texas, and Democrats will have only themselves to blame.

Chris Winters | Sep 13, 2021

The War on Voting Reaches Home

The long struggle to secure voting rights enters a new stage, as Republicans across the country try to strip protections from state laws.

Chris Winters | Mar 8, 2021

Opinion | Inauguration | Democrats | Joe Biden | Insurrection

Unity Is Impossible Without Accountability

President Biden’s inaugural address focused on bringing the nation together. But that won’t happen if “unity” means we revert to the way things used to be.

Chris Winters | Jan 20, 2021

This Insurrection Demands Justice

We can’t afford to wait 13 days until Trump is gone. The time to act is now.

Chris Winters | Jan 7, 2021

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