By Lauren McCauley / Common Dreams —
Democrats are asking the first Muslim elected to U.S. Congress is to take the party’s reins.
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By Kieran Cooke / Climate News Network —
The US president-elect has called global warming a hoax and climate science bullshit. What do Donald Trump’s climate plans mean for international agreements?
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The Intercept journalist lays out why the Democratic Party and the media need to take responsibility.
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The Massachusetts senator is ready to help President-elect Trump rebuild the U.S. economy. But if Republicans attempt to remove Wall Street regulations or gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, she will fight them.
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By Emma Niles — A leaked document of 41 potential cabinet appointments is rife with figures who have close ties to big business and special interest groups.
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By Eric Ortiz — The president-elect expressed an appreciation for dissent and called for unity in an early morning Twitter message on Friday. But don’t expect the protests to stop or protesters to be silenced.
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By Juan Cole / Informed Comment —
With Obama a lame duck and Trump a buddy of Putin, Russia and Syria may feel they have a free hand to defeat the rebels completely in east Aleppo.
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By Carrie Rickey — It takes an otherworldly element to deliver an unforgettable moviegoing experience—as well as a message of understanding across cultures at a time when earthlings struggle with that on our own planet.
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By Jordan Riefe — The documentary makes a strong case, with input from a starring lineup of left-leaning investigative reporters, in support of a theme that keeps repeating.
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By Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman / The Progressive —
For the sixth time in our history, a candidate for president of the United States may have won the popular vote and lost the White House.
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By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan —
Millions of people around the world are committed to opposing the Republican’s dangerous and divisive agenda. Their work, like the work of the incoming administration, has just begun.
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By Jacobin Staff —
We can’t move to Canada or hide under the bed. This is a moment to embrace democratic politics, not repudiate them.
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By Jan Rocha / Climate News Network —
Last year Brazil undertook drastic cuts to its carbon emissions, but newly released information shows that, in fact, they are rising.
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By Deirdre Fulton / Common Dreams —
Republican control of Congress means much of the party’s regressive agenda—along with some of Trump’s radical proposals—could pass.
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The Vermont senator responded to the election of Donald Trump with an offer to help him “improve the lives of working families in this country,” if he’s actually serious about working toward that.
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On election night, the “Late Show” host made an attempt to make sense of the difficult 2016 election season and asked Americans to agree it would never happen again. Now that Donald Trump is president, that may not be possible, however.
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By Juan Cole / Informed Comment —
Among the prime operators of the neoliberal system were the Clintons.
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By Juan Cole / Informed Comment —
Anxieties about white dominance are a perennial in American history.
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By E.J. Dionne Jr. — Many U.S. citizens embraced a man who threatens our standing in the world and basic rights. But we cannot allow fear or anger to prevent us from pushing back against Donald Trump.
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In a news conference Wednesday, the Senate majority leader addressed the future of the Senate’s relationship with Donald Trump and discussed high-priority items on the congressional agenda.
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