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Arkansas Supreme Court blocks abortion measure
The state Supreme Court ruled in favor of Attorney General Tim Griffin, who had accused the initiative’s backers of failing to submit the proper paperwork.
‘Immediate shift’: Democrats speaking about abortion in once unimaginable ways
Democrats this week spotlighted stories of unwanted pregnancies and men who feared they’d lose their wives because they couldn’t obtain emergency abortions.
‘It’s not a pro-life position’: Anger after Trump says no to Comstock
Many prominent conservatives and anti-abortion activists were outraged by the remark, calling it “nonsensical” and “cowardly.
Harris wants to restore Roe. For many activists, that’s not enough.
Democrats have made restoring abortion access a cornerstone of their campaign for the White House and Congress, but there are divisions over what, exactly, that means.
Harris isn’t pushing Medicare for All anymore. Progressives say that’s OK.
Advocates of government health care are giving Harris leeway to decide how best to beat Donald Trump.
Harris breaks from ‘Bidenomics’ in North Carolina
The vice president makes her pitch in North Carolina, where Democrats have long hoped to flip the closely divided state.
Harris’ economic plan supercharges Biden proposals to fight inflation
The vice president’s plan aims to make housing more affordable, ease health care costs and crack down on corporations for rising grocery prices.
Everything was going Kamala Harris’ way. Then came the market sell-off.
“We cannot win if people think we’re headed into a recession,” one Democratic National Committee member said.
How RFK Jr.’s Arc Bent Toward MAGA
In the spring of 2023, not long after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. launched his chaotic presidential campaign, I asked him a straightforward question. What do you see as more harmful to America: another term of Joe Biden, or Donald Trump returning to power? “I can’t answer that,” Kennedy replied.
This morning, Kennedy finally stopped being cagey: He announced that he was suspending his campaign and throwing his support to Trump.
An Old-Time American Political Convention
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The Democrats have met, they’ve nominated a candidate, and now they’re all going home. Their meeting was not a replay of the 1968 disaster; it did not devolve into a divisive confrontation among factions; it did not feature tense ballot fights stretching into the wee hours.
Donald Trump, AI Artist
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The era of generative-AI propaganda is upon us. In the past week, Donald Trump has published fabricated images on his social-media accounts showing Kamala Harris speaking to a crowd of uniformed communists under the hammer and sickle, Taylor Swift in an Uncle Sam outfit, and young women in “Swifties for Trump” T-shirts.
RFK Jr. Was My Drug Dealer
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he leading third-party candidate for president—an environmental lawyer and activist, a son and nephew of legendary liberal Democratic politicians—just quit the race and announced that he is joining the campaign of the most anti-environment president and presidential nominee in recent history, the leader of a Republican Party he has turned into a right-wing, anti-democratic, protofascist personality cult.
The DNC Should Have Had a Palestinian American Speaker
Palestinians have, since the start of Israeli retaliation for Hamas’s massacre on October 7 last year, been living through one of the worst calamities in an already tragic history. Attacks by the Israeli military have killed tens of thousands Palestinians in Gaza, and much of the region’s population of 2 million has been displaced—repeatedly—and remains at risk of starvation and illness.
“We Have to Push”: Congressmember Greg Casar on Bringing Progressivism Back to Immigration Policy
Vice President Kamala Harris formally accepted the Democratic presidential nomination on Thursday, vowing in her speech to the Democratic National Convention to continue the Biden administration’s tough line on immigration.
“A Testament to Our Power”: Chicago’s Little Palestine Resists Racism, Disenfranchisement & War
The city of Chicago, which hosted the 2024 Democratic convention, is home to the highest concentration of Palestinian Americans in the United States. In the suburbs of the city, residents of Bridgeview — known as “Little Palestine” — have been hard hit by Israel’s war on Gaza, which has killed over 40,200 Palestinians.
“A Generational Fight”: Political Organizers on Kamala Harris, Defeating Authoritarianism & More
Vice President Kamala Harris made history Thursday as the first Black woman and the first person of South Asian descent to be nominated to lead a major party’s presidential ticket. There are now just two-and-a-half months left before the November 5 election, when she will face Republican nominee Donald Trump at the polls.
“Two Faces of American Capitalism”: Juan González on What the RNC & DNC Reveal About U.S. Politics
The Democratic National Convention wrapped up in Chicago on Thursday with Vice President Kamala Harris formally accepting the presidential nomination, capping a week of political showmanship and celebration for many party members. “One of the things that struck me most was the level of choreographed mass spectacle of this convention that would be really worthy of Leni Riefenstahl,” says Democracy Now! co-host Juan González.
How Shirley Chisholm & Fannie Lou Hamer Paved the Way for Kamala Harris
Vice President Kamala Harris made history Thursday as the first Black woman and the first person of South Asian descent in the United States to be nominated to lead a major party’s presidential ticket.
Want to Get Out of Debt? Stop Paying Your Credit Card Bills.
Negotiating your debt can minimize what you owe and help get your finances back on track.
‘It’s not a pro-life position’: Anger after Trump says no to Comstock
Many prominent conservatives and anti-abortion activists were outraged by the remark, calling it “nonsensical” and “cowardly.
Harris wants to restore Roe. For many activists, that’s not enough.
Democrats have made restoring abortion access a cornerstone of their campaign for the White House and Congress, but there are divisions over what, exactly, that means.
Harris isn’t pushing Medicare for All anymore. Progressives say that’s OK.
Advocates of government health care are giving Harris leeway to decide how best to beat Donald Trump.