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Don’t Deride Liberals Who Attended the Women’s March—Recruit Them to Radical Politics

The fact that 3 million people took to the streets to protest President Trump shows that the possibility of a mass Left movement in the U.S. is now very real.

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

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How the Syrian Civil War is Creating a Nation of Exiles

Assad's strategy of sieges, bombings and civilian evacuations means many will never see their homes again.

Leila Al Shami

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Trump’s Speech Shows His Dark But Compelling Vision of America. We Need To Offer Something Better.

His potent blend of populist rhetoric and right-wing nationalism is effective among his base—and terrifying.

Kate Aronoff

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Disruption Is Good—Starting with the Inauguration

This weekend’s protests are just the beginning.

Kate Aronoff

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This Weekend Isn’t the First Time Women Have Revolted

What we can learn from the radical feminists of the 1960s.

Laura Tanenbaum and Mark Engler

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Trump’s EPA Nominee Draws Friends and Foes to his Confirmation Hearing

In These Times talks to the coal miners sent by Murray Energy to support Scott Pruitt, and the climate organizers who showed up to oppose him.

Kate Aronoff

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Tom Price Is a Horrible Choice for Health Secretary

The Georgia representative redefines what it means to have conflicts of interest.

Adam Gaffney

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The New UN Secretary-General Is a Portuguese Socialist Who Speaks Out for Refugees

António Guterres isn't perfect, but he's been a consistent voice for multiculturalism in an increasingly right-wing world.

Marc Daalder

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Bill Moyers: “Hidden Figures” Shows How Far We’ve Come—And Why Jeff Sessions Is Such a Threat

Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general wants to roll back progress on racial justice.

Bill Moyers

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Progressives Are the New Silent Majority

Most Americans actually prefer progressive policies—so how did we get here?

Theo Anderson

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Bernie Sanders Helps Lead National Day of Action to Defend Obamacare from GOP Repeal

Protesters rally in cities nationwide, promising to fight for the long haul.

Theo Anderson

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DOJ: To Address “Defective” Accountability System, Chicago Must Renegotiate Police Union Contracts

The DOJ's damning report found a pattern of racism and unreasonable force, and that contract provisions hinder investigations.

Adeshina Emmanuel

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Corporate America is Inching Even Closer to a Constitutional Convention

In statehouses across the country, ALEC-backed legislators are pushing for a balanced-budget amendment, a repeal of the federal income tax and more.

Simon Davis-Cohen

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Why President Obama Must Grant Clemency to Chelsea Manning

The administration is considering whether to free the imprisoned whistleblower. She needs our support now more than ever.

Chase Madar

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Interviews for Resistance: Mariame Kaba on Why the Time To Push for Single-Payer Is Now

The longtime organizer on how we can unite across difference to agitate for real progress under Trump—and push the Democrats left in the process.

Sarah Jaffe

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Either Rex Tillerson Lied Under Oath, Or He Doesn’t Understand How Fossil Fuel Subsidies Work

At Wednesday's confirmation hearing, Trump's secretary of state pick denied that Exxon Mobil receives subsidies. It does.

Kate Aronoff

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How Hopelessness Helped Elect Donald Trump

The president-elect performed well in places with the highest rates of death from suicide and drug abuse.

Theo Anderson

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Attacked by Trump and Ignored by Democrats: Chuck Jones on Labor’s Fight

The local labor leader discusses Carrier, outsourcing and being targeted by the president-elect on Twitter.

Micah Uetricht

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Democrats: It’s Time for a Contract with American Workers

Republicans are in power because they had a plan. The Left needs one, too.

Theo Anderson

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How Corporations Rig the Rules and Crush Dissent

A new book by Gordon Lafer shines a spotlight on the super-rich.

Theo Anderson

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Slavoj Zizek: Lessons From the “Airpocalypse”

On China's smog problem and the ecological crisis.

Slavoj Žižek

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To Defeat Trump, We Must Make Ourselves Ungovernable

A grassroots organizer on noncompliance with Trump and how to build an eco-socialist alternative from the ground up.

Sarah Lazare, AlterNet

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Rex Tillerson Could Be America’s Most Dangerous Secretary of State

The former Exxon Mobil CEO spent his entire adult life working for a company that has left a trail of carnage in its ruthless pursuit of oil.

Antonia Juhasz

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The GOP Is Trying to Kill You

With Donald Trump at the helm, Republicans are readying to unleash holy hell through public policies.

Kate Aronoff