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The Private Prison Divestment Movement Just Had an Incredible Week
Activists are stopping banks like JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo from financing the caging of migrant children. Here’s how.
David Dayen
Dispatch
Indigenous Organizers Halted Plans for Oil Drilling in the Amazon
Sustained demonstrations in Ecuador got the government to back down—at least for now.
Kimberley Brown
Labor
Privatization Is Fundamentally An Attack on Democracy. The Teachers Strikes Show Why.
Jeremy Mohler
Viewpoint
Rashida Tlaib: Impeach Trump Now
Every day that we don’t address corruption, we are setting a precedent and eroding our democracy.
Rashida Tlaib
Labor
Why Unions Must Bargain Over Climate Change
Nato Green
Culture
Could Walmart Be a Model for a Socialist Future?
Leigh Phillips and Michal Rozworski argue in a new book that megacorporations—although odious—demonstrate the massive central planning we need.
Peter Frase
Viewpoint
A Call for Clear Heads on Venezuela: How To Criticize Maduro While Opposing U.S. Regime Change
Working-class Venezuelans have long pushed the chavista government for greater democracy and justice—without ceding ground to the right-wing opposition.
Alejandro Velasco
Culture
Street Art Used To Be the Voice of the People. Now It’s the Voice of Advertisers.
Corporations like Red Bull and Stella Artois are co-opting graffiti art.
Christine MacDonald
Labor
Sherrod Brown Is Out for 2020, But the Fight for Workers’ Rights Is Not
Kelly Candaele
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Young Black Feminists Have Some Pointers for Obama
Instead of scolding Black youth, Assata's Daughters is helping them organize to transform the world.
Eli Day
Labor
Will 2020 Be the Year Presidential Candidates Actually Take Labor Issues Seriously?
David Goodner
Feature
Another Failed Coup in Venezuela?
The Venezuelan opposition and its backers in Washington may have underestimated the Chavista grassroots.
George Ciccariello-Maher
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Why Is Dianne Feinstein So Opposed to the Green New Deal? Look at Her Family Finances.
Sen. Feinstein has direct financial interests in the same fossil fuel companies that the Green New Deal threatens.
Branko Marcetic
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Why False Accusations of Anti-Semitism Against Ilhan Omar Are So Harmful
Bad-faith smears of Omar and many others are being used to crush Palestinian rights, undermine social movements and divert attention from real anti-Semitism.
Phyllis Bennis
Labor
The Oakland Teachers Strike Isn’t Just a Walk Out—It’s a Direct Challenge to Neoliberalism
Lois Weiner
Viewpoint
A Historic Election in Chicago Cracks the Machine
The old guard is on the way out, and a progressive future for the city is coming into focus.
Kari Lydersen
Labor
Why Workers at the Biggest Grocery Chain in New England Just Authorized a Strike
Michael Arria
Labor
After Janus, Cities and Towns Are Poised to Become the New Battleground Over “Right to Work”
Nick Johnson
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