Dan Berger’s ‘Stayed on Freedom’ Shows Why It’s Important to Fight Racism and Voter Suppression
Berger’s telling of this history offers both a window into and a bridge towards a better world, one that is ours—all of ours—for the taking.
Berger’s telling of this history offers both a window into and a bridge towards a better world, one that is ours—all of ours—for the taking.
Richardson’s work is as much about the contradictions of our shared past as it is an urgent call to action around the current authoritarian crisis threatening American democracy.
The danger in antisemitic conspiracy theories lies not only in the direct threat they pose to Jewish communities, but also in the way fascists and authoritarians have used them as tools to undermine democracy.
In her analysis of Reconstruction, Kidada Williams reminds us that a better world has always been possible.
From the White League Coup of 1874 to the January 6 Insurrection, white conservatives have used direct violence in attempts to seize power.
Growing opposition to Republican policies disincentivizes the GOP’s already waning commitment to democracy and increases the risk of racist mass violence.
We have a fascism problem. Solving it requires that we correctly identify this problem and the dangers it creates.
“In 2020, the election deniers were improvisational … Now that same election denialist impulse is far more organized, far more strategic and far better funded,” said Michael Waldman, president of the Brennan Center for Justice.
There was talk of demons, witches, a Deep State target list, white replacement theory, unleashing the gates of hell and more, reports Zach D. Roberts.
A Trump victory with Republican majorities in Congress using Project 2025 as a playbook could usher in a national abortion ban and further erode women’s rights.
Polled voters want companies to disclose chemicals used in drilling operations, air monitoring near fracking wells, safer transportation of fracking waste, and many other reforms.
Republicans who stood side-by-side with Harris include former Bucks County Congressman Jim Greenwood, former Rep. Adam Kinzinger, former Georgia Lieutenant Governor Geoff Duncan, former counterterrorism advisor to Mike Pence Olivia Troye, and more.