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Anime Voice Actors Speak Out: It’s Not Kawaii When We Aren’t Paid

The union drive in anime dubbing.

Rohan Montgomery

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Transphobic Violence Doesn’t Happen in a Vacuum

Anti-trans hate follows an escalating script. It’s up to all of us to disrupt it.

Heron Greenesmith

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Democrats Hold Trifecta Power in Over a Dozen States. Will They Actually Use It?

Republicans have used legislative majorities at the state level to undermine their opposition, but the Democratic Party has often failed to fight back. This is a chance to change that.

Mark Engler and Paul Engler

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How Private Equity Gave Rise to a New Power Elite

The dominance of predatory financial firms has allowed a class of super-rich investors to exert vast control over our economic and political lives.

Heather Gautney

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As Afghans Suffer, U.S. Stalls on Plan to Return Central Bank Funds

In September, the U.S. created a foundation that was supposed to unfreeze Afghanistan's foreign assets. Yet, interviews with trustees reveal that, in three months, no funds have been disbursed—or concrete plans made—to help the Afghan people.

Sarah Lazare

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The City That Kicked Cops Out of Schools and Tried Restorative Practices Instead

Here’s what happens when a school rethinks punishment.

Andy Kopsa

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Remember El Mozote

On December 11, 1981, El Salvador’s US-backed soldiers carried out one of the worst massacres in the history of the Americas at El Mozote.

Micah Uetricht and Branko Marcetic

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The Rural Vote Is Again in Play

The midterms showed that rural voters must be an integral part of the Democratic strategy if they want to win in 2024.

George Goehl

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Don’t Look Now But Progressives Are About to Expand Their Ranks in Congress

A lot is uncertain about the midterms, but there's one thing we do know—the House will have the largest left cohort in decades.

Branko Marcetic

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Amy’s Kitchen Workers Protested Their Working Conditions. Then They All Lost Their Jobs.

“They treat you like you’re nothing. Like cockroaches.”

Emily Janakiram

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The App ICE Forces You To Download

Under Biden, monitoring of immigrants by cell phone has jumped 808%.

Maurizio Guerrero

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A Left Answer to Inflation

It is time to forsake the Chicago school of economics.

Hadas Thier

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Mikhail Gorbachev’s Late Career as a New Age Toastmaster

The former Soviet leader clung to a vision of globalization that let corporate power run amok.

G. Pascal Zachary

FeatureCover StoryClimate

How Far Would You Go to Stop Climate Change?

A landmark legal victory opens the door to direct action.

Jack McCordick

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What Soaring Rent Prices Mean for Florida's Working Class

One St. Petersburg woman's struggle to survive the crushing weight of housing inequality.

McKenna Schueler

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Inside Lockheed Martin’s Sweeping Recruitment on College Campuses

The engineering degree to defense industry pipeline.

Indigo Olivier

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Mothers of the Movement Fight to Abolish the Death Penalty in Illinois

There was a saying among the mothers: “We’re there for every mother’s son.”

Alice Kim

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The Right Wing Is Going All Out to Unravel Our Democracy

Republicans and the Supreme Court are peeling away voting rights and undermining representative government. Grassroots organizing is the only way to preserve U.S. democracy.

Adam Eichen

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Raising a $1-a-Day Wage Seems Like a No-Brainer. Not to Congress.

Private prisons for immigrants rake in millions a year by paying pennies an hour.

Thomas Ferraro

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"Revolutionary Suicide": On the Horrors of Jonestown

"Dad—I see no way out—I agree with your decision—I fear only that without you the world may not make it to Communism." An excerpt from a letter found on the body of Jim Jones.

David Moberg

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The Remarkable and Entirely Underappreciated Achievements of the EPA

The Supreme Court is gutting an agency that has a measurable history of saving lives.

Branko Marcetic

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Did This Supreme Court Just Issue a Progressive Ruling on Immigration? Sort Of.

The MPP ruling will bring immediate relief for migrants stuck in Mexico, but doesn't signal anything humane about the court.

Adrian Rennix

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Could Colombia Show Us a Way Out of Our Political Nightmare?

The recent election in Colombia has produced new hope for the country—and for the whole region.

John Feffer

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New York Progressives and Socialists Are Hoping to Turn Legislative Setbacks Into Electoral Electricity

After key bills on climate and housing stalled in the legislature, left-wing organizers are working to topple Democratic incumbents and build a united front in Albany.

Karma Samtani