In Defense of the 鈥淲eird鈥�
It's hypocritical for each party to claim to speak on behalf of the forgotten and marginalized while mockingly calling the other side 鈥渨eird.鈥� It鈥檚 also deeply regressive.
Donald Trump
Video | Wages | Tipping | Tipped Wages | Kamala Harris | living wage | 精东影业 Presents: Rising Up with Sonali | Wage Theft | Election 2024
Instead of Ending Taxes on Tips, Pay a Living Wage
Taxes on tipped wages have now become a campaign issue. But economic equality advocates say ending sub-minumum wages would help workers more.
Video | Native Sovereignty | 2024 Election | 精东影业 Presents: Rising Up with Sonali | Assassination | NDN Collective | political violence
What Is (and Is Not) Political Violence?
Violence against communities of color has always been political, but American elites have avoided that framing, says NDN Collective鈥檚 Janene Yazzie.
The Complexity of Harris鈥� Historic Candidacy
Women of color want demographic and political representation, just as wealthy white men have had for generations.
Opinion | Indigenous rights | Native Rights | Election 2024 | NDN Collective | political violence | Trump Assassination | Democracy | Progress 2025: Colonialism and Sovereignty | White Supremacy | Progress 2025 | Gun Violence
Political Violence Is Not Violence Against Politicians
Indigenous communities have long resisted the false narratives of imperialist nations and are experts at countering the political violence of white supremacy.
Video | Republican National Convention | Kamau Franklin | Gaza | 2024 Election | 精东影业 Presents: Rising Up with Sonali | Assassination | RNC
鈥淧olitical Violence鈥� From the RNC to Gaza
The RNC鈥檚 idea of 鈥淢aking America Safe Again鈥� is centered on policing and harsh anti-immigrant detention, not on gun violence.
Video | Immunity | Lisa Graves | Supreme Court | SCOTUS | 2024 Election | 精东影业 Presents: Rising Up with Sonali
How to Save Democracy From the Supreme Court
In the wake of a Supreme Court ruling granting former president Donald Trump immunity from prosecution, Lisa Graves explains what鈥榮 at stake.
Video | Tara McGowan | Democracy | Fascism | 2024 Election | 精东影业 Presents: Rising Up with Sonali | 34 Counts | Trump Conviction
Addressing America鈥檚 Political Amnesia
Have voters forgotten about the slide toward fascism precipitated by Trump? Journalist Tara McGowan sounds the alarm.
Video | 2024 Election | 精东影业 Presents: Rising Up with Sonali | Immigration | Mexico | Joe Biden | asylum
Does Biden鈥檚 Border Policy Look Like Trump鈥檚?
Attorney Laura Flores-Perilla explains what鈥榮 behind President Biden鈥檚 harsh new border policy restricting asylum-seekers arriving via Mexico.
Video | New York | 精东影业 Presents: Rising Up with Sonali | Corey Brettschneider | Felony | 34 Counts | Trump Conviction
Trump Becomes the First President Turned Felon
A constitutional scholar analyzes Donald Trump鈥榮 historic conviction, after years of avoiding legal accountability for alleged crimes.
Is Biden Determined to Lose the Election Over Israel?
Biden's unflinching support for Israel's genocide of Gaza threatens both Biden鈥檚 reelection and the United States amid fears that Donald Trump will win a second term.
Can Trump Be on the Ballot?
Trump appointed a third of the Supreme Court. Now, that same court will decide his fate.
Video | 精东影业 Presents: Rising Up with Sonali | Right-Wing | E Jean Carroll | Defamation | $83.3 Million | Media Matters
To the American Right, Trump Can Do No Wrong
Right-wing audiences got a deeply distorted view of the verdict against Donald Trump in E. Jean Carroll鈥檚 defamation suit. Media Matters鈥� Courtney Hagle explains why and what to do about it.
Video | Iowa | Republican | 2024 Election | 精东影业 Presents: Rising Up with Sonali | Caucuses | Democracy | GOP
Trump Wins in Iowa. Now What?
With Donald Trump鈥檚 landslide win at the Iowa Republican caucuses, pro-democracy groups are planning massive voter education campaigns.
Veterans Against Trump Call for Democratic Reforms
As Trump itches to return to the White House, how tenuous is U.S. democracy three years after the attack on the Capitol?
How Voters Can Protect Democracy鈥擳oday and Tomorrow
Here we go again. On Sept. 12, soon-to-be-deposed House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced an 鈥渋mpeachment investigation鈥� into President Biden. McCarthy was clearly trying to appease the extreme right-wingers in his
Can the 14th Amendment Keep Trump Off the Ballot?
Legal scholars and groups like Free Speech for People are making a strong case to keep Trump off state-level ballots in 2024.
Opinion | 2024 Election | GOP Primary | Georgia | Indictment | Trump indictment | Brad Raffensperger | Jack Smith | Chris Christie
Indictment Days Are Here Again
Trump keeps getting charged with crimes. Should we still care?
Will Trump Face Justice?
Trump was indicted for attempted election overturning, but not for insurrection. Legal scholar Corey Brettschneider dissects the charges.
Trump Was Arrested. Will He Face Justice?
A retired judge weighs in on the legal and political ramifications of the former president鈥檚 arrest and charges.
Turns Out, Trump Isn鈥檛 Above the Law
Whether or not a jury eventually finds Trump guilty or not guilty, the mere fact that a former president has been indicted sends a powerful message: No one is above the law.
To Inspire Antifascism, Graphic Novel Imagines a Successful Coup
Authors Alan Jenkins and Gan Golan have crafted a new graphic novel series offering a stark warning about how close the U.S. came to a fascist coup on Jan. 6, 2021.
A Coup for All Seasons
The next two years will mark a return to chaos in government, as an empowered right wing takes over the House.
Opinion | Mike Pence | Insurrection | Fascism | January 6 | House Select Committee | January 6 Hearings | William Barr | Liz Cheney | Republican | Cassidy Hutchinson
The Danger of Normalizing Trump鈥檚 Enablers
Testifying against Trump in the Jan. 6 Committee hearings should not absolve his enablers of the harm they helped him inflict.
Contextualizing the Jan. 6 Hearings
According to political analyst John Nichols, the House Select Committee hearings remind us that Trump was at the center of an attempted coup and, at the very least, that ought to make him ineligible for future elections.
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