Can Diverse and Divided Democracies Survive?

Today, Marshall speaks with Yascha Mounk, author of THe Great Experiment: Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure, joins The Realignment to discuss the unprecedented challenges facing diverse and democratic societies such as the United States and Europe. 0:00 – Introduction 2:00 – Yascha’s view […]

How Americans Really Feel About Abortion: The Sometimes Surprising Poll Results As Supreme Court Reportedly Set To Overturn Roe V. Wade

By Alison Durkee Forbes The Supreme Court appears poised to overturn Roe v. Wade and let states outlaw abortion, according to a draft opinion reported by Politico, and while a review of national polls shows many Americans consistently split between identifying between the partisan labels “pro-choice” or “pro-life,” […]

What can the pro-choice movement do now?

By Brigid Kennedy The Week The Supreme Court appears imminently poised to overturn the national right to an abortion as protected by landmark ruling Roe v. Wade (1973). Assuming that happens (and it seems that it will), what’s next for liberals and the pro-choice movement? ‘My body, my choice’ […]

PayPal’s IndyMedia Wipeout

By Matt Taibbi A series of moves against media outlets by PayPal shows the next step in speech control: confiscation. Why won’t the company answer questions? In the last week or so, the online payment platform PayPal without explanation suspended the accounts of a series of individual journalists […]