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“TO BE HOPEFUL in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness.

What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places—and there are so many—where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction.

And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.”

― Howard Zinn

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    The law, which lets the president deploy the military domestically and use it for civilian law enforcement, is dangerously vague and in urgent need of reform.

    Published On: 06/10/2025

    Published On: 06/10/2025

  • Curtis Yarvin’s Plot Against America

    Ava Kofman
    The New Yorker

    The reactionary blogger’s call for a monarch to rule the country once seemed like a joke. Now the right is ready to bend the knee.

    Published On: 06/02/2025

    Published On: 06/02/2025

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    Jared Abbott and Bhaskar Sunkara
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    In difficult races, Democrats are leaning into economic populism with promising results

    Published On: 08/07/2025

  • Let’s Make the End of CPB the Start of Public Media’s Revival

    Craig Aaron
    Pressing Issues

    When one door closes, they say, sometimes you have to bring a lot of people to push another one open. Let’s make a plan and meet on the sidewalk. 

    Published On: 08/05/2025

  • The Danes Resisted Fascism, and So Can We

    Sarah Sophie Flicker
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    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

  • Will journalism become impossible in the U.S.?

    Mark Jacob
    Stop the Presses

    Trump’s war on the free press follows foreign dictators’ playbook.

    Published On: 08/04/2025

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    Paul Krugman
    Paul Krugman

    We're in an extremely dangerous moment.

    Published On: 08/04/2025

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