People fighting for more democracy in the United States often have to struggle against sexism and racism. In fact, those two struggles are often inseparable—certainly from the perspective of black women and some other women…
After the Civil War, a surprising coalition tried to remake the United States into a real multiracial democracy for the first time. Reconstruction, as the effort was called, brought dramatic change to America. For a…
In the decades after America’s founding and the establishment of the Constitution, did the nation get better, more just, more democratic? Or did it double down on violent conquest and exploitation? Reported, produced, written,…
In the summer of 1787, fifty-five men got together in Philadelphia to write a new Constitution for the United States, replacing the new nation’s original blueprint, the Articles of Confederation. But why, exactly? What problems…
In the American Revolution, the men who revolted were among the wealthiest and most comfortable people in the colonies. What kind of revolution was it, anyway? Was it about a desire to establish democracy—or something…
Our season-long series will touch on concerns like authoritarianism, voter suppression and gerrymandering, foreign intervention, and the role of money in politics, but we’ll go much deeper, effectively retelling the story of the United States…
It’s time for the white community to stop playing the victim & have an uncomfortable conversation about their violent culture, parental responsibility & the families raising the thugs causing all the white-on-white violence in Republican-controlled cities.
Did I do it right?
Today in 1838, Frederick Douglass escaped slavery and started his pursuit for equality for all. #Liberation
A solar take-off is on its way to being a pan-African story 🌍☀️
In the past 12 months, 20 countries across the continent have imported a record number of solar panels from China 📈 What’s more? Algeria recorded a huge 33-FOLD increase in its imports 🇩🇿
https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/the-first-evidence-of-a-take-off-in-solar-in-africa
Trump is more or less right that many people seem to want a dictator. They're his people.
As many as 3 or 4 in 10 Republicans endorse what is effectively unchecked power for Trump.
