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Turning a KKK Bombing Ground Into an Urban Farm

A black-led cooperative movement grows pumpkins and community in Birmingham.

Stephanie Russell-Kraft

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Trump’s Heartless Honduras Policy, in 15 Numbers

By revoking Temporary Protected Status (TPS), the Trump administration is sending Honduran immigrants back to a nation in crisis.

Sasha Kramer

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Detroiters Fear Losing Their Water May Mean Losing Their Kids

As thousands of Detroiters have their water shut off over debt, neighbors are helping each other to access water without alerting Child and Family Services.

Valerie Vande Panne

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Will Mexico’s New President Declare Independence From the United States?

At public forums, Mexicans are pushing Andrés Manuel López Obrador to break with the U.S. on migration and drug policy.

Kent Paterson

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Meet Mariah Parker, One of the Young, Radical Women of Color Rescuing the Democratic Party

26-year-old Mariah Parker, who won an upset victory for Athens, Georgia, county commissioner, shows how progressive Democrats can bring together the struggles for racial and economic justice.

Eli Day

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Inside Mexico’s Anti-Capitalist Marketplaces

How some Mexicans are using barter and alternative currencies to build an economy beyond profit.

Ava Tomasula y Garcia

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As Lava Consumes Hawaii, Residents Are Responding with Disaster Communism

From geologists to acupuncturists, community members offer support to the displaced.

Valerie Vande Panne

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How a Small Town in Iowa Freed Local Workers From ICE Detention

A grassroots movement is growing to raise bail for people held by ICE.

Elena Carter

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Rhode Island Elected A Slate of Progressives in 2016. Now Centrists Are Coming for Them.

The Democratic Party establishment is launching a counterinsurgency.

Steve Ahlquist

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When the “Cure” for Homosexuality Is Torture

Ecuador led the way on LGBTQ rights, but abusive “gay cure” clinics persist.

Kimberley Brown

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At the World Bank’s Climate Summit, Financiers Trade Carbon While the World Burns

At “Innovate4Climate,” the people destroying the planet gather to congratulate themselves on their climate efforts.

Kate Aronoff

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“You Can’t Eat GDP”: Workers Struggle as Trump and Corporate Media Tout Growth

"If it's not reaching workers' paychecks, which it isn't, then cease the applause."

Jake Johnson, Common Dreams

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Locking Up Immigrant Kids, Again

Our nation's past treatment of immigrant families doesn’t make the current situation any less horrifying—but we need it to inform our longterm pressure on the Democrats.

Jessica Stites

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How Portland Occupiers Shut Down ICE

Protesters kept the facility closed for 10 days. Although federal police reopened it June 28, occupiers say, "The camp is not going anywhere."

Arun Gupta

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An Indigenous Cooperative Is Dodging Bullets To Defend Their Land

In Cuetzalan, Mexico, environmentalists are risking their lives to fight destructive energy projects.

Ethan Bien

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Disaster Capitalism Strikes Puerto Rico’s Schools

The government’s plan to close 179 public schools and open charters has residents alarmed.

Hannah Wiley

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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