The seeds of an authoritarian state will still be there unless the United States reckons with its own fascist past and how that relates to Stephen Miller’s vision for the future.
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Posted inBooks
The Real Moral Majority
Sen. Chris Murphy has a sense of what ails America, and he wants to restore its spiritual core.
Posted inBooks
How Israel Got This Way
A new book by a genocide scholar traces the roots of the nation’s descent.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Trump Has Created a Climate Opportunity
The American people have been led astray about what climate change means for their pocketbooks.
Posted inPolitics
The Real Reason to Worry About the Midterm Elections
Some worry about a November Trump coup. That’s far-fetched, but the ordinary forms of voter suppression are the greater concern.
Posted inTAP
The Working Families Party Goes National
The WFP has unveiled a national platform and is building party organizations in nearly two dozen states.
Posted inTAP
Mass Protest: Where Are the Kids?
The latest No Kings marches attracted a record eight million people. Most of them were of an advanced age that suggested they personally remembered the 1960s.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Notes for Next Time
My generation got a very good economic deal. We need to restore opportunities to our children and grandchildren, or there will be more recruits to MAGA.
Posted inPolitics
How the Republican Party Forgot It Was Conservative
And why, apparently, most Republicans don’t care
Posted inAmerica and the World
A Brief History of America’s Involvement in Iran
For many younger Americans, this is the first U.S. war in the Middle East. Here’s how we got here.
