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Life, Liberty and a Stable Climate: These Kids Are Arguing for a New Constitutional Right

After a June hearing, the youth suing the government await news on whether their case will proceed to trial.

Arun Gupta

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Meet the Woman Who’s Fought Racism in the Mississippi Delta for 54 Years

The days of racist policymaking are far from over. But where the state has refused to invest in Black communities, We2gether Creating Change is filling the gap.

Eli Day

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This Louisiana Parish Allowed a Quarter of Its Sheriff’s Deputies To Work Security for a Pipeline

Water protectors say the swamp was swarming with uniformed police working for the company.

Karen Savage and Sarah Lazare

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Rashida Tlaib May Be Under Attack By the Right, But She’s Beloved in Her District

In These Times spent a day with Tlaib in Detroit.

Valerie Vande Panne

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Young Democrats Are Furious Over the DCCC’s Blacklist Punishing Insurgents

At a time of rising energy on the Democrats' left flank, the DCCC is giving a crash course in how to alienate young progressives.

Branko Marcetic

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We Talked with the New Hampshire Family in Andrew Yang’s Universal Basic Income Experiment

The $1,000/month from Yang has changed the Fassis' lives in small ways—and kindled their imaginations.

Andrew Schwartz

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Stop & Shop Workers Vote to Ratify Contract—Although Benefits Will Shrink for New Part-Timers

The new 3-year contract with Stop & Shop protects some benefits for current employees, but also contains a two-tiered system.

Jeremy Gantz

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We Desperately Need Medicare for All. These 10 Statistics Prove It.

As the House Rules Committee officially begins discussing Medicare for All, here’s a reminder of the disastrous state of American healthcare.

In These Times Staff

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The Cooperative Acupuncture Clinics Popping Up in Middle America

With skyrocketing healthcare costs, residents of Middle America are turning to acupuncture.

Valerie Vande Panne

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Vermonters Marched 65 Miles for Climate Justice

Vermont could become the first state to ban future fossil fuel infrastructure

Olivia Box

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Across the World, Youth Are Striking for Their Right to a Livable Planet

The student-led international Youth Climate Strike movement demands that politicians support the Green New Deal.

Ari Bee

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Public Banking Can Fund the Zero-Carbon Economy

Private banks have been underwriting the expansion of the fossil fuel industry for years. It’s time for a public model.

Aaron Fernando

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Hawai‘i’s Managed Retreat Proposal Offers an Early Model for Relocation—At a Cost

As seas rise, middle- and working-class Hawaiians worry they’ll be forced out of their homes, while the rich rebuild.

Alex Lubben

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Activists Sue LaGrange, Georgia, for Denying Water, Gas and Electricity to Undocumented Immigrants

Without a Social Security number and U.S.-issued photo ID, you can’t get basic utilities in cities across the South.

Allison Salerno

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Inside the Democratic Socialists of America’s Big Decision To Endorse Bernie Sanders

10,000 members voted “yes” in an endorsement poll, outnumbering “nos” 3 to 1, but the debate continues.

Emma Whitford

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Brazil’s Labor Unions Prepare for War with Far-Right President Jair Bolsanaro

Bolsanaro has lowered the minimum wage, dismantled labor law enforcement and is threatening pension cuts.

Michael Fox

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Tiffany Cabán—A Queer, Millennial, DSA-Backed Latina—Has Made History in Queens

Meet Tiffany Cabán, the 31-year-old queer Latina public defender who earned Queens DSA’s endorsement.

Douglas Grant

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Indigenous Organizers Halted Plans for Oil Drilling in the Amazon

Sustained demonstrations in Ecuador got the government to back down—at least for now.

Kimberley Brown

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What the Yellow Vests Have in Common with Occupy

Inside the mass protests that are rocking France.

Cole Stangler

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Volunteers Convicted for Leaving Water Out for Migrants

“I didn’t understand that humanitarian aid was criminal,” said Zaachila Orozco.

Todd Miller

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This Community Built a Democratically Controlled Water System. Now They Have To Defend It.

Across El Salvador, water rights are under threat from corrupt politicians and corporations.

Christine MacDonald

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Millennials Are Ruining Trust Funds

Through the organization Resource Generation, wealthy young people are giving away their money to advance systemic change.

Andrew Schwartz

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Jailed by an Algorithm

Algorithms that are supposed to remove sentencing bias may perpetuate racism instead, say civil rights groups.

Nick Muscavage

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“Words Can’t Articulate the Joy”: Wisconsin Workers Celebrate Scott Walker’s Defeat

As thrilling as defeat of an archenemy may be, activists here take nothing for granted.

Kathy Wilkes