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Trump, greed and Greenland
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Did you know they want you dead?
The state-sanctioned murder of Renee Good reveals the depravity at the heart of American fascism.
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Birthright citizenship and the attack on democracy: 'If you know the history, you know what they're trying to do'
Prof. Anna O. Law spoke to The Redoubt about her upcoming book and why the 14th Amendment made America great.
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Project 2025 and the specter of mass surveillance in Europe
Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems says U.S. espionage could have a chilling effect on civil society.
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Sex, socialism and democratic decline
Trump's return to power has led to "new and startling" attacks on civic freedoms.
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'New and startling': Trump's return drives global decline in civic freedoms
A human rights monitor says dismantling USAID helped fuel an international assault on free expression.
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Sex and equal rights in Eastern Europe: What socialism did for women
At work and in the bedroom, socialism achieved results for 51% of the population, argues Kristen R. Ghodsee, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Last Week at The Redoubt: Congress loves corruption
ICE, graft and bipartisanship in Washington.
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Congress killed due process, setting the stage for Trump's mass deportations
The Laken Riley Act stripped undocumented immigrants of a fundamental right, but even that has not been radical enough for this White House.
analysis
How to blow the case against elite corruption
Playing down bribery and ties to wealthy criminals is why you get cynicism about politics.
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Meta accepts $3.2 million to promote Tucker Carlson
The parent company of Facebook is helping a right-wing influencer promote conspiracy theories about 9/11.
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Subverting — and celebrating — the fascist aesthetic
In Austria, activists co-opted fascist imagery to promote a message of inclusion. Would that work in America?