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Posted Apr 12, 2021
Voter Suppression Opponents Threatening Boycotts, Enlist Corporate America
Interview with Marge Baker People for the American Way's Executive Vice President for Policy and Program, conducted by Scott Harris
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Hedge Funds Disrupt Corporate Research & Development to Combat Climate Change
Lynn Parramore talks about her important recent article, "Meet the New Koch Brothers -- the Hedge Fund Activists Wrecking America's Green New Deal."
Below the Radar Religious and Business Groups Promote GOP Voter Suppression Legislation
Emma Rindlisbacher discusses her recent Jacobin magazine article, "The Right Created Boot Camps for Destroying Democracy and Voting Rights," directly related to the 361...
Campaign Launched to Recall Georgia’s Republican Governor Brian Kemp
Cheryle Renee Moses discusses the effort she's leading to collect the signatures necessary to conduct a recall election to remove Georgia Governor Brian Kemp...
“Unrig Bridgeport” Campaign Aims to End Corruption, Restore Democracy
Gemeem Davis and Callie Heilmann talk about their group's campaign to “Unrig Bridgeport,” with the goal of ending systemic corruption and restoring democracy in...
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The Fascist Attack on the US Capitol and the Future of Democracy
The Resistance Panel interviews Prof. Michael McKeon about the new and long-term effects of the terrorist attack on the US Capitol.Panel: Scott Harris, Richard...
America Has a Fascism Problem
Collectively, our nation has witnessed Donald Trump's more than two-month effort to overturn the outcome of a democratic presidential election, aided and abetted by...
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Tucker Carlson villainizes journalists on his top-rated show. Then the threats pour in.
As the Fox host's popularity grows, he has found fodder in lesser-known media figures whom he presents to his audience as symbols of liberalism-run-amok.
washingtonpost.com
Voter Suppression Opponents Enlist Support from Major U.S. Corporations
People For the American Way's Marge Baker discusses the fight in opposition to Republican-sponsored voter suppression laws, that has recently enlisted the support of major U.S. corporations
btlonline.org
Here are the 6 GOP senators who voted against the anti-Asian hate crime bill
The anti-Asian hate bill may have advanced in the Senate on Wednesday but there were a number of Republican senators who attempted to block that effort.According to USA Today, 92 senators voted in favor of the Hate Crimes Act while six Republican lawmakers voted against the measure. Those lawmakers....
alternet.org
Democrats Say Caregiving Is Infrastructure: Stimulus Update
House Democrats defended President Joe Biden’s inclusion in his “American Jobs Plan” of $400 billion in support for caregiving, after Republicans criticized the package as stretching the definition of infrastructure and called on the White House to scale it back.
bloomberg.com