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Maine Becomes the First State To Test Ranked-Choice Voting

Progressives vote for their favorite candidates without the fear of spoilers.

Julia Conley

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Summer Lee’s Plan To Bring Democratic Socialism to Pennsylvania

“That we have not just revolted is crazy to me.”

Mitchell Stewart

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Big Coal Is Using This Small Oklahoma Town as a Toxic Waste Dump

Now residents are fighting back.

Valerie Vande Panne

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At the University of Montana, You Must Pass an Anti-Rape Test Before You Register

After Jon Krakauer exposed a rape epidemic, the university embarked on a radical experiment in stopping sexual assault.

Gabriel Furshong

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How a Wave of New Voters Could Take Out Scott Walker in 2018

Thanks to increased voter registration efforts, Democrats may be able to oust Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker this fall.

Michael Leon

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Serfdom in the Magic Kingdom: Disney Workers Rise Up Against Poverty Wages

The happiest place on earth pays so little that some of its workers are homeless.

Bryce Covert

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This Sheriff Was Booted by DHS for Racism. Now Trump Wants To Enlist Him in Deportations.

A North Carolina sheriff’s office had a “pattern of racial profiling,” but that hasn’t stopped Trump’s ICE from inviting it into the 287(g) program.

Jordan Green

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This Union Nurse and Outspoken Progressive Could Become Iowa’s Next Governor

Cathy Glasson is running an insurgent campaign on a platform of Medicare for all, a $15 minimum wage and ending “right to work” laws.

Theo Anderson

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These Community Activists Won Bail Reform. Now They Have To Force Judges To Comply.

Thousands of people still sit in Chicago’s Cook County Jail because they are too poor to afford bail.

Alex V. Hernandez

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Bernie’s Platform Could Win in Maryland’s Gov. Race, With Support From Clinton Voters

Former NAACP President Ben Jealous is building a broad coalition of progressives to take out a popular GOP governor in Maryland.

Bruce Vail

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Drink Your Coffee Black-Owned

A cooperative Atlanta cafe is step one toward an alternative to white capitalism.

Ajowa Nzinga Ifateyo

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How Obama and Trump Turned Their Backs on Haitians

In a Tijuana church, dozens of migrants remain stranded.

Maya Averbuch

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Environmentalists Are Teaming Up With Immigrant Rights Activists To Stop Trump’s Border Wall

In South Texas, a community rallies to protect both its wildlife and residents.

Yvonne S. Marquez

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A West Virginia Candidate Got Kicked out the Capitol for Calling Out Big Oil. She’s Not Sorry.

Lissa Lucas thinks we need politicians who aren’t taking their marching orders from corporations.

Sasha Kramer

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Cooperative Banking for Black Lives

After facing decades of disinvestment and targeting by powerful financial institutions, African-American-owned credit unions could offer a way to build economic power and grow black wealth.

Valerie Vande Panne

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The Muslim “Bernie Clone” Running for Governor in Trump Country

A 33-year-old progressive is building grassroots support in red areas of Michigan.

Darren A. Nichols

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Behind the Explosion in Socialism Among American Teens

The dramatic growth of YDSA chapters confirms that millennials don’t think capitalism is working for them.

Rebecca Stoner

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“We Won’t Let Him Sleep”: The Dreamers Hounding Chuck Schumer.

Talking immigrant justice with a DACA recipient taking the fight to Schumer’s doorstep.

Alex V. Hernandez

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The Right To Mother and Do Sex Work

In custody battles, sex workers face trial by slut-shaming

Carrie Weisman

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From Sewer Socialism to Server Socialism: Appalachia’s Internet Revolution

Chattanoogans are pioneering public broadband.

Chris Brooks

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The Caribou in the Copper Mine

Mining companies seek to carve up Native lands and wildlife habitat to build a $350 million access road.

Yereth Rosen

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The 38 Dakota Warriors Lincoln Hanged

Native riders commemorate a forgotten massacre.

Justin Perkins

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Meet the Chicagoans Who Are Opening Their Homes to Abortion-Seekers

Right-wing lawmakers are restricting abortion access. These volunteers are expanding it.

Veronica Arreola

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How To Catch a Wage Thief

Day laborers in Denver are tracking down runaway employers.

Gigi Sukin