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Rural America

The Next Farm Crisis is Here and Farmers Can No Longer Afford to Be Ignored

Jim Hightower

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The “Identity Politics” Debate Is Splintering the Left. Here’s How We Can Move Past It.

We must redefine “identity politics,” because the debate about it is mostly wrong. We can start by recognizing that Clintonian identity politics aren't intersectional—they're racist.

Thea N. Riofrancos and Daniel Denvir

Labor

The Volkswagen Defeat Wasn’t Inevitable—and Labor Can Still Win in the South

Chris Brooks

Culture

How Today’s White Middle Class Was Made Possible By Welfare

Whites, angered at blacks and immigrants receiving "government handouts," forget they were lifted out of poverty through racially exclusive welfare programs in the 30s.

Margaret Garb

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Trump’s Israel Envoy Pick Funds West Bank Settlements. Here’s Why That’s a Problem

A U.S. network of pro-settlement non-profits aids in the displacement of Palestinians.

Alex Kane

Labor

Boeing Workers Face “Constant Barrage of Misinformation” Ahead of Union Vote

Mario Vasquez

Feature

Interviews for Resistance: On Putting Your Body on the Line to Stop Deportations

An organizer arrested for trying to stop a deportation talks about what's needed to prevent more families from being split up.

Sarah Jaffe

Viewpoint

The New York Times Missed Trump’s Biggest Lie

The corporate media is fact-checking our new Liar-in-Chief--but only to a point.

Jim Naureckas

Dispatch

Indivisible: The Left Group Shaking Up Congress From the Grassroots

Coopting Tea Party tactics, former Democratic Congressional staffers provide the Trump resistance with a step-by-step lobbying guide.

Kate Aronoff

Rural America

The Corporate States of America in Graphic Relief

John Collins

Feature

PHOTOS: This Is What Resistance Looks Like

From pussy hats to airports, images of protest in the age of Trump.

Rachel K. Dooley

Labor

Early Optimism Crushed in Maryland’s Fight for $15

Bruce Vail

Culture

George Saunders’ New Novel Follows Abraham Lincoln’s Son to a Buddhist Afterlife

In his first full-length novel, the short story virtuoso weaves U.S. history with the otherworldly.

Chris Lehmann

Labor

“Salting” Built the Labor Movement—It Can Help Rebuild It, Too

Erik Forman

Feature

Letter from Alleged 9/11 Mastermind Shows Our Own Foreign Policy Makes America Unsafe

A recently released letter from Khalid Shaikh Mohammad shines a disturbing light on what's behind many terror attacks.

Branko Marcetic

Labor

Groundbreaking Bill in Illinois Would Give Temp Workers Equal Pay and Rights as Direct Hires

Jeff Schuhrke

Rural America

Monsanto Expands Louisiana Herbicide Facility, Some Locals Say “Toxic Company” Isn’t Worth the Jobs

Lorraine Chow

Labor

Chicago Is Failing to Enforce Its $10.50 Minimum Wage

Melissa Sanchez