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I’m Confused ActivismCivil RightsDemocracyPoliticsUnited States

I’m Confused

Why are the majority of Americans letting the top 1% turn our country into something unrecognizable?

G. Marshall Brooks reflects on her growing concerns and confusion about the current threats to Americans' voting rights and civil liberties. Drawing on her own memories of the Civil Rights Movement, she urges readers to stay informed, remain engaged, and protect democratic values before the lessons of the past are forgotten. Marshall Brooks says, "I remember it all. Do you?"

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G. Marshall-Brooks
September 8, 2026
Push to the Primaries ActivismDemocracyElections

Push to the Primaries

Democratic voters grapple with concerns and fears as the 2026 midterms approach

As voters go to cast their ballots across the nation in the 2026 primaries, members of the progressive group Indivisible are mobilizing. Motivated by concerns over immigration, reproductive rights, and the future of democracy, activists are pushing for stronger, progressive Democratic leadership while finding support, purpose and community. It’s a Reporters Inc. Original.

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Olivia
August 8, 2026
Where Is Your Voice? ActivismDemocracyUnited StatesVoting

Where Is Your Voice?

The United States is unrecognizable today. Everything we old timers were taught to believe in has become a lie.

The federal government is silencing voices "one city, and one sly move at a time," writer G. Marshall-Brooks says. She urges her fellow Americans to use their freedom of speech "while you still have it" and stand against what she calls the daily threats to our neighbors, our community, our human rights and our freedom.

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G. Marshall-Brooks
March 16, 2026
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Trumptrotting, Part Two

Voices around the globe once again reflect on Trump's presidency

Last year, The Reporters Inc. compiled the responses of 14 people form 13 different countries on four continents, discussing Donald Trump's election as president. We've decided to reach out again. This time, we offer the observations of 16 people from around the world, and their thoughts on how Trump's presidency has changed the U.S., its international impact, and how it's affecting their lives.

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admin
August 29, 2018
That’s so Soviet! CommunismDemocracyEducationInternationalPoliticsSoviet Union

That’s so Soviet!

Is authoritarian-style governance becoming the American way?

Journalist Carol Larson and her husband lived, traveled and worked in the former USSR for several years before returning to the United States. Recently, they've noticed some worrying parallels between today's increasingly authoritarian-style governance and classic Soviet thinking. One example: carrying on a political plan regardless of the inconvenient reality.

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Carol Larson
October 11, 2017
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Last Stand In Hong Kong

Hong Kong democracy activist shares growing movement to expand social, political freedoms

Tens of thousands of government supporters marched in Hong Kong on August 17 in opposition of a pro-democracy movement that has threatened to bring Asia's biggest financial center to a standstill. A democracy activist in Hong Kong writes exclusively for The Reporters Inc. about the growing movement for expanded social and political freedom in the region.

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Kong Tsung-gan
August 15, 2014
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