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An Unelected Board May Be Implementing Austerity in a City Near You

Fiscal control boards are taking control over the finances of cities across the United States.

Joel Cintrón Arbasetti and Carla Minet

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Under the Shadow of Trump, Dismantling Obama’s Deportation Machine

Communities are fighting back against an immigrant prison in rural Georgia.

Sarah Lazare

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How to Solve Budget Crises? Tax the Rich and Make Banks Pay

The alternative to austerity is bold progressive economic policy.

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Don’t Believe the Israeli Government: Palestinian Hunger Strikers Won Important Victories

Palestinian prisoners forced Israel to the negotiating table and inspired a global outpouring of support.

Tamara Nassar

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Wisconsin May Bring the Koch Brothers One State Closer To Rewriting the Constitution

Legislators are debating whether to call for a constitutional convention, a prize of corporate interest groups.

Kate Aronoff

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Daycare Centers Are the Latest Casualty in the War on the Poor

The budget crisis in Illinois has taken an outsized toll on kids in low-income families.

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Democrats’ Waffling on Abortion Rights Isn’t Just Wrong, It’s a Huge Political Mistake

The party needs an uncompromising moral vision that will energize its base: pro-choice women.

Kathleen Geier

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Why “Pay for Success” Financing Could Cost Taxpayers More Than They Bargained For

Cash-strapped governments are increasingly turning to Wall Street to fund social services. Will the model be a Trojan horse for privatization?

Rachel M. Cohen

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Why We Should Stop Using the Word “Activist”

Contesting power isn't a hobby or a subculture—it's a collective project pervading all facets of our lives.

Jonathan Matthew Smucker

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How Poor Children Are Bearing the Brunt of Austerity Cuts

The Illinois budget impasse is being used to erode childhood development programs for poor families.

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What Happens When You Put Adult Education on the Chopping Block

The Illinois budget crisis is causing extreme cuts to adult education and literacy programs.

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Homelessness and Austerity: Two Sides of the Same Coin

Budget cuts to housing and social welfare programs are exacerbating the homelessness crisis.

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Illinois Offers Devastating Preview of Trump-Style Cuts to ‘Meals on Wheels’

The state's budget crisis has eroded the food security of low-income seniors.

In These Times and Kartemquin Films

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Interviews for Resistance: From Resistance to Revolution—It’s Time To Switch to Offense

An organizer talks about what it takes to move from a reactionary position to one where we fight for the power to govern.

Sarah Jaffe

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To Impeach or Not To Impeach? That Is Not the Question.

The problems with the GOP are far greater than any one figurehead.

Marilyn Katz

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How Budget Cuts Endanger At-Risk Youth

The budget standoff in Illinois is threatening the state's most vulnerable residents.

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The Historic Budget Crisis That’s Threatening the Future of Public Colleges and Universities

Illinois’ budget standoff poses an existential threat to public higher education in the state.

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Puerto Rico’s Longest-Held Political Prisoner Just Walked Out of U.S. Prison

Oscar López Rivera was welcomed home by large crowds in the Chicago neighborhood where he once lived.

Martín Xavi Macías

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The Surprising Cross-Partisan Appeal of Single-Payer Healthcare

Where Trump voters and socialists agree.

Theo Anderson

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Anti-Corporate Protesters Drown Out Democratic Party Chair Tom Perez with Chants of “Liar!”

Fault lines in the party were on full display as the California Democratic convention got off to a dramatic start.

Winona Dimeo-Ediger

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A Very Cautious Left Case for Impeachment

Trump must go--and progressives can harness his exodus to build a movement.

Kate Aronoff

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Roger Ailes Is Dead, But the Damage He Did Lives On

The founder and longtime CEO of Fox News helped make U.S. politics more dishonest and cowardly.

Mark Dunbar

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Sanctuary in the Streets: How New Alliances Are Revitalizing a Past Movement

A revitalized sanctuary movement is spreading to unexpected places, resisting the threats posed by Trump’s presidency.

Yana Kunichoff

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The Progressive Movement Just Scored a Huge Win in Philly’s DA Race

Larry Krasner’s victory was a referendum on Trump as well as on a whole host of issues that predate the president: immigrant rights, the war on drugs and mass incarceration.

Joseph Bullington