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How Colleges and Universities Are Defying Trump

The student campaign to make schools into sanctuaries for undocumented immigrants.

Kate Aronoff

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The Fight For Free College Moves to the States

How student organizers and a state representative are campaigning to eliminate tuition in Illinois.

Jeff Schuhrke

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Why Fair Scheduling Could Be Labor’s Next Big Fight

A series of citywide ordinances are taking aim at erratic and unpredictable scheduling.

Jonathan Timm

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Meet the Baltimore Activists Trying to Stop the Next Oil Train Explosion

Baltimore residents campaign against the rail transport of highly flammable crude oil through residential neighborhoods.

Bruce Vail

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August Was a Huge Month for Berniecrats

Bernie Sanders' presidential bid is over—but as his campaign army deploys down-ballot, more and more progressive challengers are claiming victory.

Alex Ding

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Missouri Has Only One Remaining Abortion Provider. Planned Parenthood is Fighting To Change That.

After the courts overturned a restrictive abortion law in Texas, pro-choice activists are hoping to defeat similar legislation in Missouri and elsewhere.

Victoria Albert

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Killings By Police Haven’t Stopped Mexico’s Movement Against Neoliberal Education Reform

Despite police repression, Mexico's militant teachers union continues to strike and protest.

Andalusia Knoll Soloff

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Andrew Cuomo’s Blacklist for Critics of Israel

Activists take aim at the lawmakers trying to silence BDS.

Alex Kane

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When Prisons Are Toxic to Both Humanity and the Environment

Activists are taking aim at mass incarceration, environmental pollution and the toxic prisons where the two problems meet.

John Washington

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Making Green Jobs Good Jobs

Unions organize the clean energy sector.

Kate Aronoff

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These Online Platforms Make Direct Democracy Possible

New platforms are bringing power to the people.

Tom Ladendorf

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The Fight for Public Control of Land in the Bronx

Residents' last-ditch attempt to keep out a polluting trucking hub.

Raven Rakia

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Is Bernie Sanders Right That It’s Time to Phase Out Nuclear Energy?

30 years after Chernobyl, some say we need nuclear power to stop climate change.

Will Boisvert and Jim Riccio

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The Real Heroes of the Flint Water Crisis

Flint residents refuse to be silenced

Victoria Goff

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How an Ex-Felon Voting Bloc Could Shape Baltimore’s Election

44,000 newly eligible voters can make a real difference

Katie Rose Quandt

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The Bernie Sanders Campaign Is Electrifying New York Politics. Will It Be Enough to Win the Primary?

Inspired by Sanders, independent groups like "Team Bernie NYC" and "Harlem for Bernie" have been hitting the streets to engage voters

Ethan Corey

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Thanks to #BlackLivesMatter, Prosecutors Who Bungle Police Shooting Cases Face Tough Election Fights

While recognizing the limits of electoral politics, the movement has ousted two prosecutors--Anita Alvarez and Tim McGinty--and has more in its sights

Jennifer Ball

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Understanding What Makes Donald Trump Voters Tick: Is It Just Racism?

In Trump's appeal, the Left seeks clues on winning back the white working-class.

Ian Haney López and Matt Morrison

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These New Co-op Apps Show How to Build Worker Power In the Age of Uber

In the apps of the "platform cooperativism" movement, workers share in the profits

Tom Ladendorf

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Hillary Clinton Suggested Breaking Up the Big Banks Won’t End Racism and Sexism. Is She Right?

Clinton's remark prompted a furious debate. Is there any truth to it—and why did she say it? Moe Tkacik and Amanda Marcotte debate.

Amanda Marcotte and Moe Tkacik

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The Power of Black Lives Matter Is About To Be Tested at the Polls in Chicago

Kim Foxx is promising real criminal justice reform—if she's able to unseat State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez on March 15.

Danette Frederique

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With the Threat of Climate Collapse, Is It Time to Embrace Survivalism?

Why it might be worth prepping for a post-doomsday scenario

Molly M. Ginty

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How to Pass Gun Control in the Sixth-Most-Gun-Owning State in America

A Missoula ordinance could provide a model for life-saving legislation in states where guns 'are a religion'

Gabriel Furshong

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The Novel Defense That Climate Change Activists Are Using in Court

Not guilty on grounds of planetary necessity

Justyna Bicz