Rebuilding government decision-making power requires not just removing veto points, but also addressing the outsized corporate power that gives the wealthy the best access to policymakers.
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The scale and depth of the attack on our institutions means that there is no simple way for a pro-democracy coalition to flip the lights back on after Trump. We need transformative thinking.
The Brazilian president once argued that democracy will founder where inequality reigns. Today, he sees fighting inequality as democracy’s animating mission.
If we dismiss concepts because of particular examples of misuse, we encourage the repression of discomforting histories and ideas.
The intertwined relationship between liberalism and socialism offers important lessons for today’s fractious intra-left fights.
Chicago is attempting to model resistance to Donald Trump’s looming authoritarian military occupation of its streets.
Turkey’s slide into authoritarianism was facilitated by collaborators, enablers, and an inept opposition.
The tragic inheritance of the Shoah is that the victims of violence are often its next perpetrators.