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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

Labor

I Work with Mark Janus. Here’s How He Benefits from a Strong Union.

Donnie Killen

Rural America

An Agricultural Movement for People-to-People Reparations Puts Itself on the Map

Emeline Posner

Labor

Colorado Teachers Are Mad as Hell—And Now They’re out on Their First Strike in Decades

Rachel M. Cohen

Labor

Cynthia Nixon Was Right: New York Needs To Get with the Cannabis Equity Program

Donnell Alexander

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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

Labor

What Today’s Anti-Trump Resistance Can Learn From a Progressive Who Won in Reagan Country

Larry Cohen

Labor

Workers Just Organized the First Federally-Recognized Fast Food Union in the U.S.

Shane Burley

Labor

50,000 University of California Workers Are Still on Strike. One Key Reason: Outsourcing.

Sarah Lahm

Labor

Bernie Sanders Has a Sweeping Plan to Expand Union Rights and Workplace Democracy

Miles Kampf-Lassin

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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

Rural America

Two Conversations About “Sustainable Capitalism” and “The Art of Work”

Rural America In These Times

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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

Viewpoint

Say It Ain’t Joe: Why Anointing Biden for 2020 Is a Terrible Idea

When will the Democrats learn that Americans don’t want centrism?

Joel Bleifuss

Labor

A New Model for Progressive Politics in the Heart of Deindustrialization

Bruce Vail

Labor

Homeownership Is Dead. The Future Lies in Public Housing.

Market-centric housing policies have failed and the path forward is clear: have the government create robust public housing.

Tanner Howard

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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