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After Youth Activists Storm Their Offices, 13 More House Members Agree To Support a Green New Deal
Thirty-five representatives now support the ambitious climate agenda, but many Democrats refuse to commit.
Amanda Palleschi
Dispatch
In the Shadow of Detroit, a Michigan City Is Taking the Solar Transition Into Its Own Hands
Amid poverty and frequent power blackouts, a cutting-edge renewable energy program is underway in Highland Park.
Valerie Vande Panne
Dispatch
For 40 Years, Alaska Has Modeled a Universal Income. Now That’s in Peril.
Is the way to save the dividend through taxing the rich or slashing state services?
Yereth Rosen
Dispatch
On Tuesday, Oaklanders Will Decide Whether Landlords Can Evict Them for No Reason
In a city that has become ground zero for gentrification, black working-class tenants are leading a fight to stay in their homes.
Eli Day
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Baltimore Won a Big Victory for Affordable Housing. The Next Goal: Community Control.
Housing organizers won $20 million annually in city money for housing. They want that housing to be democratically controlled.
Ajowa Nzinga Ifateyo
Dispatch
Socialists Versus Landlords
Los Angeles DSA is harnessing anger over skyrocketing rent to get nonvoters to the polls in November.
David Dayen
Dispatch
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
Dispatch
Turning a KKK Bombing Ground Into an Urban Farm
A black-led cooperative movement grows pumpkins and community in Birmingham.
Stephanie Russell-Kraft
Dispatch
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
Dispatch
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
Dispatch
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
Dispatch
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
Dispatch
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
Dispatch
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
Dispatch
When the “Cure” for Homosexuality Is Torture
Ecuador led the way on LGBTQ rights, but abusive “gay cure” clinics persist.
Kimberley Brown
Dispatch
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
Dispatch
“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
Dispatch
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
Dispatch
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
Dispatch
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
Dispatch
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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