Despite the cynics, social movement uprisings are producing some remarkable wins.
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Popular uprising have ramifications that go beyond immediate legislative results, and they can alter the climate of political debate.
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The surge of interest in socialism—and a willingness to break with deep-seated American political taboos to openly espouse it—clearly owes much to the Sanders campaign.
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Like Bernie Sanders today, Martin Luther King, Jr. considered launching a presidential campaign to oppose military interventionism and promote democratic socialism. Here’s why he decided against it.
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Protests work when they escalate, refusing to be silenced. And right now, urgent cries for racial justice must not go unheard.
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Sometimes those who are creative and daring — those who paddle hard and bring enough friends — prevail in spite of cynics and detractors.
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Society as a whole is bearing the true cost of the company’s misbehavior.
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If religious leaders have a constructive role to play in political life, it should be one of discomforting the powerful. In his finest moments, Pope Francis has taken this as …
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It is cherished notion in American political ideology that the market and democracy go happily hand in hand. The purveyors of that myth keep the revolving door turning.
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Like it or not, presidential races are one of the few entry points into political discussion for a large number of Americans.