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Socialists Versus Landlords

Los Angeles DSA is harnessing anger over skyrocketing rent to get nonvoters to the polls in November.

David Dayen

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Electronic Monitoring Isn’t Helping People on Parole, It’s Sending Them Back to Prison

A new report shows that electronic monitoring is expensive, faulty and lacks regulation, making it harder for those on parole to re-enter society.

Talia Wright

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Jerry Brown Didn’t Invite Grassroots Activists to His Climate Summit—They Came Anyway

While the elite discuss band-aids, organizers call for real solutions.

Kate Aronoff

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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