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Activism
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    Is What's Good For Facebook Not So Good For Democracy?
    July 12, 2016
    | Sarah Jaffe
    Why the social-media honeymoon may be over for some activists.
  • Democracy & Government
    What's Wrong with the Obama Plan to Help Student Debtors
    June 28, 2016
    | Ann Bowers
    The public has until Aug. 1 to weigh in on the Department of Education's proposed new regulations.
  • Democracy & Government
    Brexit, the Democracy Deficit and Hillary
    June 27, 2016
    | Adam Eichen
    Focusing on immigration and trade fails to grasp the larger challenge posed by populist insurgencies worldwide.
  • Democracy & Government
    What Clinton Can Learn From Sanders and Trump
    June 27, 2016
    | Marshall Ganz and Hahrie Han
    Trump and Sanders both communicated leadership through narratives that animated outpourings of enthusiasm that have so far eluded Clinton.
  • What We're Reading
    Voters Must Tell Representatives What to Do on Gun Control
    June 23, 2016
    | Kathy Kiely
    Money talks. But not necessarily as loudly as voters.
  • Environment
    For Environmental Activists, 2015 Was the Deadliest Year Yet
    June 22, 2016
    | Xian Chiang-Waren
    Governments have increasingly criminalized activists, and many of the 185 who were killed faced assassination, torture or public execution.
  • Democracy & Government
    Rep. John Lewis Has Staged a Sit-In for Gun Control on the House Floor
    June 22, 2016
    | Theresa Riley
    "We can no longer wait. We can no longer be patient. So today we come to the well of the House to dramatize the need for action. "
  • Money & Politics
    Gun Gridlock and the Money Behind It
    June 21, 2016
    | Kathy Kiely
    In documents filed Monday, the NRA reported a $14 million campaign war chest.
  • Democracy & Government
    The Year FDR Sought to Make America 'Fairly Radical'
    June 20, 2016
    | Harvey J. Kaye
    At this year’s Democratic convention, we’re not likely to hear a version of FDR’s 1936 acceptance speech, but even 80 years later we still can act on his revolutionary words.
  • Democracy & Government
    Experiencing the Thrill of Democracy
    June 15, 2016
    | Frances Moore Lappé and Adam Eichen
    Two Democracy Spring marchers consider their next steps.


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