Keeping Democracy Alive with Burt Cohen

The American energy picture now is like the wild west. It’s wide open and of all places Minnesota is leading the way. As most people don’t have enough roof space or the funds for solar arrays, our guest Eric Pasi,

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Political and cultural norms have changed quickly in the instant 24/7 information age and the old guard of the Democratic Party can’t keep up with it. As opposed to the habitual, less adaptable voters, young people are not party people

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The opposite of the US, France’s cities are wealthy while there’s poverty in the suburbs. And Macron is known as the president of the rich. What’s we’re seeing is a collapse of the “centrist” European regimes, not just in France.

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It’s an internet fad nearing it’s sell-by date: women reverting to some imagined fantasy of a traditional wife from the 19th century when men took care of women who stayed happy in the home, living quite comfortably. The concept is

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There was something called the Union of South American Nations. It was when left governments vowed to fight fascism collectively. It all started with the election of Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez. The US and the International Monetary Fund couldn’t stand that

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He claimed to be the best friend American farmers ever had. But with the new tariffs and the Iran war dragging out, and the loss of global markets, farm country is not so safe for Trumpers. In fact some angry

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Since so many public schools forbid the teaching of “divisive concepts,” social studies teachers are cut off; they can’t do their jobs. The far right is afraid of education, and teachers are seen as dangerous. But a conference was recently

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It’s not the extremists we’ve got to worry about; tens of millions of ordinary Americans, about 25% of us, support political violence. This according to extensive research and a new book by our guest Professor Robert Pape: Our Own Worst

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Congressman Ro Khanna from California is a powerful progressive populist, one of the most outspoken potential 2028 candidates; I had a chance to interview him on this shorter keepingdemocracyalive.com. If you’re at all curious who this rising star is, give

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It’s a political accusation masquerading as a legal action. The SPLC is one of the most highly regarded and successful anti-hate group organizations in America. Yet they are facing an expensive indictment for allegedly misleading donors. Of course, they openly

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