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Simulated Democracy: Money, Maps, and Manufacturing Representation

In the United States, democratic legitimacy has increasingly been undermined by structural distortions embedded within the electoral system itself. For decades, political influence has…

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The Man Who Seeks to Rule the World

Although Donald Trump has never been modest about his abilities or reluctant to exercise personal power, during his second term in office he has shown clear signs of …

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Dave Lippman playing guitar

Shooting from the Lipp - MAGA split

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The split in MAGA over Iran looms large, and Loomer says the nay-sayers are the Woke Reich. Democrat-ish leaders put their thumb…

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Action Alerts

Rally for Voting Rights & Civil Rights!


Saturday, Mat 16, 2-4pm
Ohio Statehouse

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Two weeks ago, the Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais eviscerated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) and opened the floodgates to racist gerrymandering across the country. This was the culmination of a decades-long Republican project to dismantle the VRA and erase minority representation across broad swaths of the country.

After winning the battle…

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Songs that tell a story on Everybody Knows

Dr. Bob Fitrakis and Dan-o Dougan found songs that tell a story in this episode of Everybody Knows.

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Listen live at 11pm Fridays, May 15 and 22, and Mondays at 10am May 18 and 25, streaming at wgrn.org or on the…

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Israeli settlers steal livestock in the West Bank with IDF assistance

On the morning of May 13, 2026, Israeli settlers and occupation soldiers carried out coordinated attacks on the Palestinian villages of Sinjil and Jaljulia, north of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. According to local sources, dozens of…

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The Assault on a French Nun and the Forgotten Story of Palestinian Christians

The video is horrifying, though it is the kind of horror now synonymous with the behavior of Israel, its military, its armed settlers, and society that has been conditioned to see the 'other' as subhuman.

Yet, this was…

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Person pumping gas

“I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation…”

“Houston, we have a problem.”  Let me rephrase that…we have lots of problems. That’s just my opinion though. The president of the United States has a different take…

…when Trump answered a question about whether he was motivated…

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