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The Only Explanation for Why the NRA Has Chosen Oliver North as its New President
The selection of North, a known war criminal, shows that the NRA is fully embracing its role as an extremist right-wing organization.
Branko Marcetic
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Socialists and Progressives Just Trounced the Democratic Establishment
On Tuesday, insurgent challengers beat out their opponents in races across the country by running on bold left platforms.
Miles Kampf-Lassin
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Palestinians Are Forcing the World to See Their Humanity
The Gaza massacre is a war crime. And the United States is complicit alongside Israel.
Phyllis Bennis
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Watch This Palestinian-American Woman Crush Every Media Trope About the Gaza Protests
Noura Erakat delivers a much-needed corrective to dehumanizing U.S. media spin.
Sarah Lazare
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As Israel Kills Dozens, Gazans Continue to Protest. A Palestinian Woman Explains Why.
"This is a revolution of refugees," says Intimaa Alsdudi.
Alex Kane
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A Democratic Spring: 12 Left Challengers Taking On the Party Establishment in 2018
The scattering of challenges to the Democratic establishment after Bernie Sanders’ run has become a tidal wave.
Theo Anderson
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This Mother’s Day, Mexican Moms Marched for Their Disappeared Children
Mothers are demanding the return of their missing children—and charging the Mexican state with culpability.
Chantal Flores
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It’s Time for a Public Option in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Drug companies are hated for a reason—they exist to maximize profits, not make us healthier. It’s time to put them under public control.
Dana Brown and Thomas M. Hanna
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Is Your Job Bullshit? David Graeber on Capitalism’s Endless Busywork
In his new book, the anarchist and anthropologist looks at why almost 40 percent of us think our jobs are meaningless.
Dayton Martindale
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How Russia-Obsessed Democrats Set the Stage for Trump’s Disastrous Violation of the Iran Deal
Leading Democrats have bundled their push for a tough stance on Russia with escalation towards Iran.
Michael Arria and Sarah Lazare
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What the Deployment of Green Berets to the Saudi-Yemen Border Tells Us About America’s Dirty War
The U.S. tries to distance itself from Saudi war crimes in Yemen—but it's always been America's war too.
Shireen Al-Adeimi
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Congress Wants to Give Trump a Bipartisan Blank Check for Declaring War
Presidents have been declaring war by executive fiat. A new bill to replace the AUMF would rubber stamp it.
Danny Sjursen
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How Politicians Are Using Faux Progressive Arguments to Lock Up Young People
For six years, Seattle activists battled with policymakers who are pushing for a costly new youth jail and court project.
Dean Spade
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The Historic Korean Peace Declaration Was Made Possible By Social Movements, Not Trump
A conversation with peace activist Christine Ahn.
Sarah Lazare
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The Visa Loophole That Big Ag Construction Firms Love To Exploit
How hog barn builders are importing labor at low wages and leaving local workers in the dust.
Stephen Franklin et al.
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Lead Is a National Crisis: We Need to Fight for Clean, Publicly Owned Water Before It Is Too Late
Four years after the Flint water crisis began, our nation remains plagued by unsafe drinking water. The solution is a massive public investment in infrastructure.
Rep. Keith Ellison and Wenonah Hauter
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Jeremy Corbyn Spent Passover With a Group of Socialist Jews. Here’s Why I’m Not Insulted.
How dare the world decide for us who's a proper Jew.
Jane Miller
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Scott Pruitt’s Real Scandal Is Helping Turn the U.S. Into a Full-Fledged Petrostate
The EPA chief isn’t just corrupt—he believes the role of government is to help the fossil fuel industry maximize profits.
Kate Aronoff
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Electronic Monitors: How Companies Dream of Locking Us in Our Homes
These are the corporations profiting from e-carceration.
James Kilgore
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Kim Stanley Robinson Makes the Socialist Case for Space Exploration
In an interview, the leftist sci-fi author argues that democratic space science is crucial to saving Earth.
Dayton Martindale
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Beyond Fluorescent Bulbs: 4 Things Millennials Can Do To Fight Climate Change
From running for office to taking direct action, an imperiled generation must take matters into its own hands.
Samuel Miller-McDonald
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Yaser Murtaja Was Killed by Israel While Reporting From Gaza. His Death Is One of Many.
Israel has a long-standing pattern of killing Palestinian journalists and attacking media institutions.
Alex Kane
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The Zuckerberg Hearings Were a Show Trial, And Facebook’s Monopoly Remains Unthreatened
Despite public outrage, Congress is not taking meaningful steps to break the power of Facebook.
Julianne Tveten
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Senate Democrats Offer Little-to-No Opposition to Trump’s Expansion of Syria Bombings
Ninety-two percent of Senate Democrats and Independents failed to substantively dissent against Trump's April 13 airstrikes.
Sarah Lazare
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