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A Primer on Disaster Capitalism, Our New Normal
When a crisis occurs, the private sector often uses it as a distraction to push through its own agenda.
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“We Are Essential”: Voices from the Front Lines of the COVID-19 Crisis
These are the voices of the people living, working and fighting through this crisis.
Maximillian Alvarez
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The Democrats’ Timid COVID-19 Response Does Not Bode Well for the Climate
The Democrats want us to believe they'll act fast on climate if in power, but they've proven themselves slow in a crisis.
Sarah Lazare and Adam Johnson
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Black Women’s Livelihoods Will Be Yet Another Coronavirus Casualty
For many reasons, Black women are particularly hurt by the virus's economic toll.
Chandra Thomas Whitfield
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The Last Stimulus Ignored Climate. Activists Are Determined That Won’t Happen in the Next One.
Bruised from the CARES Act, environmental organizations are planning next steps.
Rachel M. Cohen
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Joe Biden’s Cowardly Position on Iran Sanctions
The presumptive Democratic nominee is failing to call for sanctions to be lifted, even if just for the duration of the pandemic.
Sarah Lazare
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Bernie Sanders Started the Revolution. The Rest Is Up to Us.
Sanders has laid a path to take on corporate power and win democratic socialism.
Meagan Day and Micah Uetricht
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A Scholar of Pandemics and Inequality Peers Into America’s Future
If the financial downturn proves to be intractable, "all bets are off," says scholar Walter Scheidel.
Hamilton Nolan
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Time to Redirect the Military Budget to Public Health
America's addiction to war, by the numbers.
Indigo Olivier
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Hospital Food Workers and Janitors Are Stuck In a “Death Trap”
Overlooked workers are risking their lives to keep the healthcare system running. Now, they're fighting back.
Kari Lydersen
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The Wisconsin GOP Is a Death Cult
Wisconsin Republicans show they hate democracy and Wisconsinites.
Emma Roller
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As the World Economy Grinds to a Halt, the U.S. War Machine Churns On
Weapons manufacturers get a life raft while the rest of us drown.
Sarah Lazare
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This Crisis Can Be a Gateway to Climate Action. These Activists Are Showing How.
Climate justice organizers have moved from the streets to the Internet, where they are trying to scale up the fight.
Christine MacDonald
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Why Instacart Workers Went On Strike
A conversation with gig worker and labor organizer, Vanessa Bain.
Maximillian Alvarez
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Let’s Stop the Bailout Fraud Before It Starts
Bill Moyers interviews Neil Barofsky, who as Special Inspector General uncovered rampant corruption in the $700 billion 2008 Wall Street bailout.
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If You Can’t Support Medicare For All by Now, Become a Republican
Is anyone brave enough to change their positions to fit reality?
Hamilton Nolan
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As Sanctions Kill Iranians Stricken With COVID-19, Democratic Leaders Are Silent
Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are calling on Trump to curb the suffering. Where is Democratic leadership?
Sarah Lazare
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Millions of People Can’t Pay Rent. Here’s How Some Are Organizing.
Tenants and housing groups across the country are calling for a pause on rent and mortgage payments.
Mindy Isser
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One Big Reason Bernie Sanders Must Stay in the Race
Only if he continues his campaign will the Democratic Party reform movement be able to bring resolutions to the convention floor.
Larry Cohen
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Some Thoughts On Our Breaking World
A conversation with Tom Sexton of the Trillbilly Worker's Party podcast.
Maximillian Alvarez
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The GOP Is Exploiting Fears of Rising Suicides to Protect Wall Street Profits
If Republicans really cared about stopping deaths of despair, they’d advocate for a robust social safety net.
Sarah Lazare
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Jeff Bezos Embodies the Cruel Autocracy of Neoliberal Capitalism
Amazon CEO and richest-man-in-the-world Jeff Bezos wants you to work as much as he does—for one millionth of the pay
Branko Marcetic
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The Big Idea: Mandatory Voting
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Open the Borders. Open the Prison Gates. Don’t Sacrifice a Single Person to This Virus.
Closed borders and ICE raids mean crowded detention centers and camps, which is always inhumane. In a pandemic, it’s a global public health threat.
Khury Petersen-Smith
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