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Police Union Fought Reforms To Address Sexual Assault by Officers
An examination of lobbying records shine a light on the behind-the-scenes clout of the Fraternal Order of Police.
Adeshina Emmanuel

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Leftists to the Rescue: Where the State and Big NGOs Fail, Mutual Aid Networks Step In
In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, solidarity-based, grassroots networks are helping Houston residents pick up the pieces.
Jared Ware

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In a Seismic Shift to the Left, Medicare for All Is Emerging as the New Democratic Party Consensus
The historic support for Bernie Sanders’ healthcare bill shows that single payer is becoming mainstream—with or without support of the party establishment.
Miles Kampf-Lassin

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How Bad Politics and Bad Planning Make Hurricanes Even Worse
To prepare for the impacts of climate change, other cities must learn the lessons of Hurricane Harvey.
Ashley Dawson

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Single Payer Is on the National Agenda—And It’s Thanks to People’s Movements
It’s up to grassroots movements to demand—and win—the healthcare system we need.
Ben Palmquist

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The Only Real Solution to the “North Korea Crisis”: A Vibrant Anti-Imperialist Movement
The Okinawan people’s movement against U.S. militarism provides a roadmap for a radical, transnational resistance to war.
Lisa Torio

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A Left Strategy for Breaking the Power of Trump and His White-Supremacist Base
It's time for the anti-capitalist Left to bring the fight to the electoral arena.
Max Elbaum

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White Supremacist Violence Is All Too American
Whenever Black Americans make advances, they face a torrent of racist backlash.
Robert Greene II

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Salvador Allende’s Final Speech on Sept. 11, 1973
Chilean President Salvador Allende was the first democratically-elected Marxist president in Latin America. Here is his final speech before his death in the U.S.-backed coup by Augusto Pinochet.
Salvador Allende

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Afghan Refugees Rise Up Across Europe
Against the threat of deportation, refugees from Athens to Vienna are standing up for their rights.
Samira Shifteh, Suraia Sahar and Urooj Rahman

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Dolores Huerta: “The Resources of Our World Belong to the People and Not to Corporations”
A conversation with the feminist Latina labor leader at the center of a new documentary
Ed Rampell

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The Reverend Who Preached Against Hate While Nazis Marched on Her
Why Rev. Traci Blackmon went to Charlottesville.
Elizabeth Adetiba

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Beyond DACA: The Youth Fighting for the Rights of All Immigrants
Movimiento Cosecha is taking direct action to defend DACA—and all undocumented people living in the United States.
Kate Aronoff

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The Attack on DACA Is About Racism. Period.
A conversation with the young people on the front lines of Trump's crackdown.
Sarah Jaffe

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DACA Was Won By a Vibrant Movement of Immigrant Youth. Now, That Movement Will Rally to Defend It.
By ending the DACA program, Trump is awakening the same nationwide movement that won the protections for young immigrants in the first place.
Michelle Chen

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In Hurricane-Ravaged Texas, Immigrant Justice Fight Offers Glimmer of Hope
A conversation with Austin city councilman Greg Casar.
Sarah Jaffe

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4 Radical Books to Read on the Beach This Labor Day
Looking for a beach read this Labor Day? In These Times has you covered.
In These Times Staff

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A New Bill of Rights for Workers: 10 Demands the Labor Movement Can Fight for and Win
Now is the time for unions to rewrite the rules.
Shaun Richman

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Not My First Democratic Socialist Convention
In DSA's resurgence, a flashback to 1979.
Joel Bleifuss

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Social Democracy Can Only Tame Capitalism. We Need to Overcome It.
To achieve radical democracy, we need to rethink our undemocratic economic system.
Joseph M. Schwartz and Bhaskar Sunkara

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The Movement That Ousted Arpaio Is Setting Its Sights State-Wide
A conversation with Alejandra Gomez, the co-director of Living United for Change in Arizona.
Sarah Jaffe

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How Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Has Heightened the Barriers to a Black-Brown Coalition
The "taking our jobs" myth continues to sow division in Chicago’s working-class communities.
Natalie Y. Moore

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Left to Fend for Themselves, These Houston Communities Are Coming to Their Own Rescue
A conversation with Malik Muhammad, a Houston-based organizer with the National Black United Front.
Sarah Lazare

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With Pardon of Arpaio, Trump Gives a Green Light to Racist Cops and Vigilantes
This presidential action comes at a perilous time in U.S. history.
Barbara Ransby
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