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Donald Trump has set our democracy on fire, and this week's Republican
National Convention has been like watching a bunch of arsonists circling
a burning house and celebrating.
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party can do it alone. It will require grassroots advocacy groups, labor
unions, faith organizations, political leaders, and more, all working
together.
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a functioning news media.
Democracy simply doesn't work without journalists holding the powerful
accountable and providing voters the information they need to express
their will, and profit-driven, cable news infotainment that passes for
journalism today is part of the problem, not part of the solution.
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climate emergency, the importance of diplomacy over war-making, the
corrupting influence of money in politics, and the ever-expanding chasm
between rich and poor. But we didn't imagine that we would ever cover an
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