Will Trump Illegally Disrupt the Blue Wave?
Tuesday’s election is likely to come off with only episodic disruptions, but there are some risks worth worrying about—and acting to prevent.
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Adam Hamilton’s Moral Crusade
The candidate with a chance to become the first Democrat elected to the U.S. Senate from Kansas since 1932 is leading with his values. But there are some limits.
As the Midterms Wrap Up, One Maine Business Keeps Calm and Carries On
Tariffs, war, and high fuel prices make life difficult for a small clothing manufacturer.
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A Mysterious Nursing Home Money Bomb
The GOP’s three most vociferous hunters of Minnesota Somali fraud received nearly half a million dollars from some of health care’s most notorious figures.
The Sunshine State’s Progressive Possibility
In Florida, Angie Nixon’s Senate campaign represents the power of progressive Black women in politics.
Instigators of Electoral Backlash: Israel’s Ben-Gvir and Our Own Stephen Miller
Israel’s racist policing helped produce an Arab surge at the polls; ICE’s marauding will yield a Latino flight from Republicans.
Abdul El-Sayed Is Running Through, Not Around, the Right’s Racism
The Michigan Senate candidate is enduring Islamophobic attacks by refusing to accept the conservative narrative and pointing out their distract-and-divide strategy.
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Organized Money: The Future of Price Gouging
Unethical tech surveillance is on the rise.
Organized Money: How Gamers Are Organizing for Consumer Rights
Digital gaming has been a frontier in commerce for decades, now it’s the leader in predatory capitalism, and that’s turning gamers into progressive antitrust warriors.
Organized Money: Charting a New Course on AI Regulation (With Rep. Pramila Jayapal)
Why do we need new regulations if we don’t enforce existing law?
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Time on Task
The Trump administration has abused the interagency task force process to intervene in law enforcement across the country.
Can the States Stop the Corporate Domination of Our Politics?
States giveth corporations the right to exist, so the states can taketh away their political spending power—or at least, Hawaii and Montana are trying.
The Road to Universal Medicare
The apparent split between advocates of Medicare for All and a more incremental approach is misleading and easily remedied.
In Case You Missed It
Mike Rogers’s Wife Runs a Consultancy That Sells Government Access
She got corporations to meet with members of Congress, and cabinet members—for a $100,000 initiation fee. If her husband reaches the Senate, ethics questions could grow.
In Michigan, El-Sayed Canvassers Engaging Voters on Jewish Safety
While AIPAC targets 130,000 Jewish Michiganders with mailers demonizing Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, Bend the Arc is connecting with voters on a deeper level.
Cait Conley Rocks Rockland County at ‘End Citizens United’ Town Hall
With just days to go until Election Day, the Democratic candidate challenging incumbent Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) laid out her plans to get dark money out of politics. She said Congress can start by imposing term limits on Supreme Court justices.
Judge Blasts Trump Officials, Hints at Contempt Over Deportation
In a scorching order Tuesday, a federal judge laid out a four-page laundry list of noncompliance in the case of Ahmed Soliman.
House Progressives Throw Down a Marker: No AI Bailouts
A new resolution demands that Congress withhold support for AI companies that bankrupt themselves and instead respond to any future recession by supporting ordinary people.
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Will Trump Illegally Disrupt the Blue Wave?
Tuesday’s election is likely to come off with only episodic disruptions, but there are some risks worth worrying about—and acting to prevent.
Instigators of Electoral Backlash: Israel’s Ben-Gvir and Our Own Stephen Miller
Israel’s racist policing helped produce an Arab surge at the polls; ICE’s marauding will yield a Latino flight from Republicans.
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Leonard Peltier’s Fight Isn’t Over
A New York City art show featured works by the American Indian Movement activist, who was incarcerated for nearly half a century until a partial commutation by President Biden.
The Supreme Court’s Power Is Based on the Lie of Its Supremacy
The Constitution does not establish a judicial dictatorship.
Battling an Army of Price-Setters
Lindsay Owens’s new book details all the ways that corporations seek to maximize profits at your expense.
