Archive for March 2026

I’ve covered all the No Kings protests in New York City since the start of Trump’s second presidency. What has struck me about all of them is how they fuse people’s fears with their hopes. The fear is what drives people onto the streets: threats to democracy, the war in Iran, attacks on LGBTQ Americans. The hope: each other, the…Read More

RSVP Now for Adelita Grijalva, Phyllis Bennis, and more on our Sunday Town Hall RSVP Now for this Sunday’s Progressive Town Hall: March 29, 4pm ET/1pm PT We are in the midst of one of the worst international crises of our lifetime. The illegal war of aggression, launched by the United States and Israel on February 28th, against the sovereign…Read More

U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein refused to dismiss drug trafficking charges against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores on March 26, even though the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is blocking funds for their legal defense, in violation of the Sixth Amendment and the Due Process Clause of the U.S. Constitution. Source Source link…Read More

The “middle powers” can band together to chart a third way between authoritarian superpowers in Washington and Beijing. Source link dissentmagazine.orgRead More

The Affordable Care Act was a sweeping law passed in March 2010 that significantly improved the healthcare market for American consumers. Healthcare is still too expensive for many Americans and healthcare costs worry two-thirds of us. Navigating medical care and medical insurance is still frustrating. But it was worse before 2010: without the ACA, we… The post Affordable Care Act…Read More

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After more than five years and nearly 1500 newsletters, this is The Liberal Patriot’s final post. We tried our best to make a non-profit media organization work with entirely free analysis and commentary published throughout our existence. But it turns out upsetting the partisan applecart on multiple issues is not a particularly good fundraising or business model.We have no complaints…Read More

Last July, I wrote a piece asking, in the wake of Democrats’ catastrophic defeat in the 2024 election and the obvious need for serious party-wide change, “Is Our Democrats Learning?” At the time, I saw little evidence that Democratic learning was, in fact, taking place.Posing this question again in early spring 2026, it is my sad duty to inform you…Read More

We are pleased to welcome Dr. Jennifer Taylor back to the Modjeska Simkins School on Sunday afternoon for the 4th Deep Dive of the semester.  Dr. Taylor earned her PhD at USC, and is an AssociateProfessor of Public History at Duquesne University. … Continue reading → Source link www.scpronet.comRead More