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Capital of the American Century
Mike Wallace’s Gotham at War offers a guidebook to a half-vanished city, and brings to life the immense human drama that unfolded in New York during the Second World War. Source link dissentmagazine.orgRead More
What Ancient Athens Can Teach Us About Fixing Democracy
In ancient Athens, frustrations and disillusionment with the political system may have helped fuel the rise of ostracism—a system that allowed citizens to exile powerful figures seen as threats to the political order. Through the story of Themistocles, this essay explores how early democracy responded to public dissatisfaction and asks whether modern systems can adapt in similarly meaningful ways, without…Read More
Three Good Housing Bills That Need Your Help
The legislature is currently considering some good housing bills, including HB 369 (an anti-flooding bill), HB 1072 (a for-sale affordable housing bill) and HB 1118 (an affordable rental housing bill). These bills have a real shot at becoming law–if they can muster the necessary support before the House and the Senate reach a budget deal. … The post Three Good Housing…Read More
SOBRE LA TRANSICIÓN AL COMUNISMO
El siguiente texto es nuestra última contribución a una discusión que estamos teniendo con el grupo IDA sobre la transición revolucionaria al comunismo, y específicamente sobre la cuestión de cómo se podría organizar la actividad productiva y la distribución de bienes. La conversación completa entre nosotros y la IDA se puede encontrar en una nueva página de nuestro sitio llamada…Read More
Surprise! Trump’s ‘diplomatic’ China visit is just another grift.
President Donald Trump and his entourage arrived in China Wednesday for what is ostensibly a diplomatic trip where he will try to persuade Chinese President Xi Jinping to buy more soybeans from U.S. farmers and also, pretty please, maybe help with the Strait of Hormuz. But this voyage is looking a lot like Trump’s Middle East trip last May, where…Read More
In OtherWords: May 14, 2026
State lawmakers’ rush to gerrymander congressional districts has exploded since the Supreme Court’s Callais ruling gutted what remains of the Voting Rights Act, allowing Southern states to eliminate majority-Black districts under the pretext of partisan gerrymandering. This week in OtherWords, Jordan Liz argues that their express intention has been to erase the Black vote. He calls on members of both parties…Read More
How Alex Jones could impact the LA mayoral race
D-list reality TV personality Spencer Pratt’s longshot bid for mayor of Los Angeles has picked up steam in recent weeks. His campaign ads have gone viral, and some Hollywood celebrities, like Paris Hilton, have endorsed his candidacy. Indeed, a poll released Wednesday from Emerson College and Inside California Politics found Pratt in second place in the all-party primary… Source alexjones,la,mayor,spencerpratt…Read More
Easy as ABC: voters in England tend to pick names nearer top of ballot, data suggests
Exclusive: Where parties fielded multiple candidates in last week’s vote, those at top of list were more likely to be pickedFancy your chances in politics? Then perhaps you should change your name to Aaron Aaronson or Aaliyah Aardvark, figures from last week’s local elections in England suggest.A Guardian analysis of election results compiled by the website Democracy Club points to…Read More
It’s All Bullshit
“I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation.” -Donald TrumpThe Lincoln Project is a leading pro-democracy organization in the United States — dedicated to the preservation, protection, and defense of democracy. Our fight against Trumpism is only beginning. We must combat these forces everywhere and at all times — our democracy depends o SUPPORT THE MISSION The post It’s All Bullshit…Read More
Kenneth Roberts Says the Left Pays a Steep Price for Breaking with Democracy
Kenneth Roberts is the Richard J. Schwartz Professor of Government at Cornell University. He is the coauthor (with Santiago Anria) of Polarization and Democracy in Latin America: Legacies of the Left Turn. The Democracy Paradox is made in partnership with the Kellogg Institute of the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame. The left pays a very steep price when…Read More