Trumpism, Fascism, and the Dangerous Politics of Euphemism mailchi.mp/laprogressive.com… Henry Giroux: Calling Trumpism “competitive authoritarianism” or “democratic backsliding” can obscure the violence, racial hierarchy, cruelty, and political project taking shape in America.

Donald Trump Is Warming Up—and So Is the Planet laprogressive.com/climate-ch… Tom Engelhardt: The president commands the headlines while climate change, fossil fuels and endless war push the world toward an increasingly dangerous future.

Is Republican Solid South Beginning to Crack?  laprogressive.com/election-a… John Peeler: Demographic change, Black and Latino voters, and new multiracial coalitions are reshaping Southern politics ahead of the 2026 midterms.

Congressional Black Caucus: When Black Excellence Is Not Black Power laprogressive.com/racism/bla… Melina Abdullah: At CBC Weekend, corporate influence, political prestige, and radical organizing collide over the question of what Black power actually requires.

LA Says It Studied Alternatives to Another Gas Plant. It Left Out the Most Important One. laprogressive.com/techie-tip… Andrea León-Grossmann: Before LADWP commits hundreds of millions to another combustion plant, it should test what batteries, solar, EVs, efficiency, and flexible demand can accomplish together.

What If AI Learns That Inequality—not Humanity—is the Problem? laprogressive.com/civil-libe… Tom Hall: As fears of artificial intelligence collide with massive data-center expansion, corporate subsidies, and accelerating computing power, a different question emerges: What happens if AI learns from human history and concludes that inequality, war, and concentrated power are the real dangers?

Trumpism, Fascism, and the Dangerous Politics of Euphemism laprogressive.com/election-a… Henry Giroux: Calling Trumpism “competitive authoritarianism” or “democratic backsliding” can obscure the violence, racial hierarchy, cruelty, and political project taking shape in America.

JD Vance Wants to Pay Parents to Stay Home—but With Child Care Money laprogressive.com/labor-soci… Sonali Kolhatkar: His $9,000-per-child proposal sounds pro-family until you look at the working and single parents who already depend on those federal funds.

JD Vance Wants to Pay Parents to Stay Home—but With Child Care Money laprogressive.com/labor-soci… Sonali Kolhatkar: His $9,000-per-child proposal sounds pro-family until you look at the working and single parents who already depend on those federal funds.

How Trump’s Labor Policies Are Cutting Worker Pay laprogressive.com/labor-soci… Lawrence Wittner: Federal contractors, government employees, home-care workers and salaried workers have all faced changes affecting wages and overtime.

She Leaves Home Before Dawn to Work at LAX. She’s 83. laprogressive.com/labor-soci… Mark Kreidler: After decades of work, Salud Garcia still cannot afford retirement in one of America’s most expensive regions.

Trump’s “Annihilate Iran” Threat Raises the Specter of Nuclear War laprogressive.com/foreign-po… Kevin Anderson: At the UN General Assembly, the president openly contemplated destroying the Islamic Republic and leaving it “no hope of future generations.”

Could Trump Invoke the Insurrection Act Before the 2026 Midterms? laprogressive.com/election-a… Ted Vaill: As Election Day approaches, the prospect of domestic military deployment raises urgent questions about presidential power, the courts, and the limits of military obedience.

Why Fighting Racism Is Not the Same as Building a Multiracial Movement laprogressive.com/racism/bui… Sharon Kyle: A conversation about resistance, coalition, political education—and why progressive movements cannot build lasting power while leaving race at the margins

The 2026 Midterms May Not End on Election Day laprogressive.com/election-a… Marjorie Cohn: Michael Luttig warns that the decisive fight over control of the House could come when the new Congress convenes January 3.

They Don’t Call James Carville the “Ragin’ Cajun” for Nothing laprogressive.com/election-a… Berry Craig: Carville’s provocative theory raises a larger question about loyalty, blame and what happens when political leaders decide their own followers have failed them.

Prediction Markets — Can They Really Predict the Future? laprogressive.com/techie-tip… Leslie Alan Horvitz: Whether prediction markets become a widely accepted forecasting tool will depend on their predictive accuracy and confidence in the markets’ integrity.

The Urgency of Recognizing the Ansar Allah Government in Yemen laprogressive.com/foreign-po… Medea Benjamin and Nicolas Davies: Recognition of Ansar Allah as the interim government of Yemen would align international response with the Yemeni people’s need for peace and self-determination.

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Who Gets to Be a ‘Good’ Left-Wing Woman Leader? laprogressive.com/gender-dis… Roger Harris and John Perry: Media coverage of Claudia Sheinbaum, Delcy Rodríguez and Rosario Murillo reveals how Washington’s political priorities shape narratives about women in power.