
Analysis
Democracy • Legal
Texas GOP flexes power to shut down Democrats’ last tool of resistance
Eleanor Klibanoff
The Texas Tribune
“To one degree or another, to be successful as a Republican, you have to emulate Trump’s speech, his attitude and take directions from the White House.”
Published On: 08/12/2025
Culture • Democracy • Global • Human Rights • Recommended
Hostile Takeover
Kenny Ausubel
Bioneers
At this hinge moment when the climate emergency demands an immediate systemic civilizational overhaul, this retrograde counter-revolution is working to drill, baby, drill, make feudalism great again, and colonize Mars.
Published On: 08/06/2025
Europe • Human Rights • Resistance
The Danes Resisted Fascism, and So Can We
Sarah Sophie Flicker
The Nation
Danish resistance didn’t arrive all at once during World War II. But taken as a whole, the Danes’ actions are a testament to what’s possible when we work together to fight fascism.
Published On: 08/05/2025
Democracy
Trump’s Domestic Use of Military Set to Get Worse
The New Republic and Greg Sargent
The New Republic
A Department of Homeland Security memo obtained by TNR signals top-level discussions about a potential escalation of the Pentagon’s domestic anti-immigration role, and lays out new details.
Published On: 08/02/2025
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