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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
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You’re a Sad Man, Jerry Brown
At the U.N. climate change Conference in Bonn, Jerry Brown couldn’t shake his hecklers.
Kate Aronoff
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Alaska Grassroots Alliance Aim To Melt GOP’s Cold Cold Heart
Armed with hot cocoa and a smile, these progressives have spent all year protesting Trump-era policies.
Yereth Rosen
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Defending the Land, 50 Feet in the Air
Meet the tree-sitters fighting the Mariner East 2 Pipeline.
Jen Deerinwater
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Trial by Peace Circle: How a Chicago Community Is Pursuing Jail-Free Justice
West Side residents are creating alternatives to traditional, punitive courts.
Sarah Conway
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The Pope May Speak About Climate Justice, But in L.A., the Church Leases Land to an Oil Company
Oil and holy water don’t mix.
Charles Davis
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The Sunshine State’s Still Berning: Bringing the Political Revolution to Miami
Tomas Kennedy and the rise of South Beach socialism.
Rob Wile
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Meet Larry Krasner, Philly’s New Progressive DA Who Has Sued the City’s Police Dept. 75 Times
Krasner beat his Republican opponent by over 40 points last night, part of a progressive electoral wave across the country.
Nyle Fort
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Smells Like Environmental Racism
That stench permeating Detroit? It’s other cities’ burning trash.
Valerie Vande Panne
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