The Double Standard
Nolan Higdon Substack How the Establishment Neutralizes Economic Populism “Democratic Socialists Occupy Wall Street 2011 Shankbone” by david_shankbone is licensed under CC BY 2.0. “I’ll just make it clear, there’s…
The Next Election May Be Our Last
Chris Hedges ScheerPost Donald Trump is determined to subvert the midterms. All that can save us, if he succeeds, is a national strike. The Trump White House has put into…
Supreme Court Dodges the Real Issues In Case About Mail-In Ballots
Austin Sarat ScheerPost Writing about the Supreme Court in 1961, the famous law professor Alexander Bickel praised what hecalled “the passive virtues.” As he explained, “The jurisprudence of the Court…
AIPAC Loses Yet Another House Race It Poured Millions of Dollars Into
By Sharon Zhang This article was originally published by Truthout AIPAC funneled money into opposing a candidate who has barely mentioned Israel on the campaign trail. AIPAC has lost yet…
Why This Former U.S. Army Physician is Running for Congress (w/ Dr. Adam Hamawy) | TCHR
Dr. Adam Hamawy says that to move forward, the Democrats must embrace an anti-war, economically progressive agenda, and abandon the categories of left vs. right. The bipartisan US-backed genocide in…
How to Take an Election Without Breaking the Law
The first attempt broke the rules and lost. The second one follows them. Jeffrey Wernick The Justice Department has sued thirty states to force them to turn over voter files,…
‘Minnesota Is Not for Sale’: Peggy Flanagan Wins Senate Primary, Defeating Millions in Dark Money
Jake Johnson Common Dreams Peggy Flanagan, Minnesota’s lieutenant governor, won her state’s Democratic primary for the US Senate on Tuesday by an overwhelming margin, defeating US Rep. Angie Craig and…
America Itself Has Become Anti-American
Blake Fleetwood ScheerPost Pundits are fear-mongering that Dr. Abdul El-Sayed’s Michigan victory is the clearest sign yet that his party’s old establishment is under a threatening siege. “In the words…
‘A Real Fighter’: Justin Pearson Wins US House Primary in Tennessee
“Exactly 61 years from the signing of the Voting Rights Act, we won our primary despite a redistricting blow that cracked Memphis’ representation in Congress.” Jake Johnson Common Dreams Justin…
By 60-Point Margin, Missouri Voters Reject GOP Push to Make Ballot Measures Harder to Pass
Voters also rejected an amendment that would have gradually eliminated the state’s income tax in what one Democratic mayor said would benefit the wealthy “while raising costs on hardworking families.”…
‘Organized People Can Beat Organized Money’: Lawrence Wins House Primary After Harnessing Opposition to Data Centers
Stephen Prager Common Dreams Dr. Abdul El-Sayed was not the only Michigan progressive to take down a well-funded establishment opponent in a Democratic primary on Tuesday night. In central Michigan’s…
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed Wins Michigan Senate Primary in Major Defeat for AIPAC, Establishment Democrats
Democracy Now Progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed has been declared the winner of Michigan’s closely watched Democratic Senate primary, narrowly beating out Congressmember Haley Stevens, according to the Associated Press and…
One Judicial Opinion Should Be Required Reading Before the Midterm Elections. It’s Portrait of the Trump Administration Is Deeply Disturbing
Austin Sarat ScheerPost Judges write like judges. The opinions they produce are for lawyers, law professors, and other judges, not for ordinary citizens. Reading them is hardly a pleasant or…
Progressive Support for McKinney Grows as Top House Dems Back Rep. Thanedar in Michigan
Jessica Corbett Common Dreams As Democratic Michigan Congressman Shri Thanedar on Monday announced endorsements from party leaders in the US House of Representatives, his primary challenger, Donavan McKinney, secured more…
The US Ran Democratization Programs; Does It Need One Itself?
Alex Poppe Informed Comment Former USAID Administrator Samantha Power established the Democracy Delivers Initiative to support emerging democracies. When a reformer was elected to office, Democracy Delivers surged attention, support,…