democracy

The Unfinished Hearings — Jan. 6 Committee Leaves Ongoing Coup Unexamined

The House Jan. 6 hearing on Oct. 13 not only summarized an ironclad case that Donald J. Trump was responsible…

4 years ago

Democracy On The Ballot

Democracy itself is on the ballot this November: 299 election deniers are on the ballot—more than half of all Republicans…

4 years ago

Can American Democracy Survive the “Fake News” Crisis

If the Biden administration were to enforce the nation’s antitrust laws and break up the media conglomerates, or Congress were…

4 years ago

Hate & Fear or  Liberty & Prosperity?

By Thom Hartmann The GOP has planted their flag deeply into the soil of fear and hate, right up to…

4 years ago

A Clear and Present Danger — Jan. 6 Hearings Probe Exposes a Danger to American Democracy

“Donald Trump and his allies and supporters are a clear and present danger to American democracy,” said retired appeals court…

4 years ago

Criminal Intent — What the January 6th Committee Exposed

Shocking new footage and testimony in the January 6th Committee's first public hearing brought home the savage violence of Trump's…

4 years ago

The Illegitimate Court

“It’s the basis of democracy that you control your own body.  And it’s the basis of hierarchy and totalitarian regimes…

4 years ago

President Obama on the Subversion of Democracy

Below is a partial transcript of former President Barack Obama's keynote speech at a symposium at Stanford’s Cyber Policy Center…

4 years ago

Putin’s massive miscalculation: Echoes of George W. Bush — and a lesson for America’s elites

In personalist authoritarian regimes — where power is concentrated in the hands of an individual rather than shared by a…

4 years ago

Insurrection vs. Democracy

The rise of oligarchy in America Tens of thousands of Trump supporters attended the so called “Save America” rally on…

5 years ago