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USA and Democracy

The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic in North America. It consists of 50 states and the District of Columbia, with Washington, D.C., as the capital.

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“We’ve Been Essentially Muzzled”: Department of Education Halts Thousands of Civil Rights Investigations Under Trump

investigations by the agency that handles allegations of civil rights violations in the nation’s schools and colleges have ground to a halt

Batman and the bat signal.

Someone Call Batman! Why federal courts are unlikely to save democracy from Trump’s and Musk’s attacks

Courts can be part of the strategy to preserve the Constitution, but they cannot be its only defenders.

Upset renter

Loopholes and Unfair Rents

The company then used a legal loophole that stripped the affordability protections from the apartments.

Woman doing scientific research with microscope.

Trump's Science Funding Crisis

How much does scientific progress cost? Without government dollars for research infrastructure, breakthroughs become improbable

Congress

Cabinet Nominations History

the process of nominating people for those offices remains a remarkable link to the earliest years of the republic, but recent developments constituted breaks from long-standing practices and profound breaks from how the Founding Fathers imagined the process of advice and consent.

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MAGA MAKES PUBLIC SERVICE DANGEROUS AND DIFFICULT

Climate of fear is driving local officials to quit – new study from California finds threats, abuse rampant

Walmart now selling faux luxury items

CLASS WARFARE GETS DOWN INTO THE TRENCHES

Nicknaming it the “Wirkin” bag – a portmanteau of “Walmart” and “Birkin” that also evokes “working class” – TikTok users have championed the bag as a symbol of working- and middle-class solidarity.

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