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Media makes the democracy, as Putin (and Trump) well know
If/when the three branches of government fail us, the free press is our last pillar of hope. No wonder autocrats go after it.
Ford Motor Co. gets wrecked by Trump’s tariffs – and this is still only the beginning
Everybody knows Trump's killing the economy, but nobody seems to particularly care.
Fascism’s grip tightens: Will America fight back before it’s too late?
As the Nation teeters on the edge of authoritarianism, what will it take to defend democracy and constitutional order?
The Power of the Ping: How our phones hijacked our brains — and how MAGA slipped in the side door
Rural America didn’t fall because it was foolish. It fell because it was targeted.
Groundwater is drying out, heating up, and causing sea level rise
Overuse has created zones of “mega-drying” around the world — and caused more sea level rise than Greenland’s ice sheet.
Price of Partying: How Kentucky’s legislature runs on free lunches & receptions
To the tune of half a million dollars a year
Union vote at battery plant is a fight for all Kentucky workers
“If those workers can come together for a voice and dignity at their workplace, why can’t we?”
Rachel Maddow: Autocracy is not ‘coming.’ It’s here.
And we’d all better wake up to that fact.
We can’t arrest our way out of homelessness
A new Trump order calls for arresting and ticketing unhoused people. My state tried that — and homelessness just got worse.
Study finds right-wing media operates more like a religion
“Many Americans are now getting their beliefs, identity, and sense of belonging from this media system.”
The one difference between Nazi and American concentration camps
Pretty much the only difference
Ford-owned battery plant drags heels on union vote
BlueOval SK workers asked for a union vote six months ago. Trump administration changes could extend delays.
Red states are about to go hungry thanks to Trump
GOP lawmakers are taking food out of the mouths of kids — including their own constituents — to put toward tax cuts for billionaires.
Reports from the ‘Families First’ rallies in Paducah and Jackson
The Paducah rally, by Berry Craig The Jackson Purchase, Kentucky’s westernmost region, is Trump territory. Even so, Four Rivers Indivisible, part of the national Indivisible group, regularly organizes protests in Paducah against Trump policies. About 60 people braved sweltering heat and steamy humidity to show up at the city’
