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A Q&A with Jane McAlevey: “We Can Turn This Thing Around More Quickly Than Most People Think”
The longtime labor organizer reflects on the election and talks about where we go from here.
Kate Aronoff
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Donald Trump’s Election Means We Need a Third Reconstruction in America
Even in this dark moment, we must see our potential for prophetic resistance.
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
Labor
Jane McAlevey Is Right About Labor’s Problem—But Wrong About the Solution
Dave Kamper
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Why Our Universities Must Provide Sanctuary to Undocumented Immigrants
In the age of Trump, it's more important than ever for our learning institutions to join the fight against racism and xenophobia.
Alecia Richards
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Jeff Sessions Is Trump’s Nominee to Head the DOJ. Is Police Reform Doomed?
Trump's DOJ could halt federal efforts to reform police departments, but activists vow to continue the fight at the local level.
Adeshina Emmanuel
Labor
Zuckerman Gives Hoffa a Run for His Money in Squeaker of a Teamsters Vote
Bruce Vail
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Trump’s Victory Is a Wake-Up Call to the Left
Did we do enough in 2016? And how can we build a broader electoral movement?
Lynn Koh
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The Human Face of Illinois’ Budget Crisis
A new video series from Kartemquin Films and In These Times
Kartemquin Films and In These Times
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How Inequality Guts Democracy, Suppresses the Vote And Keeps the GOP in Power
If you're poor, you're more likely to prefer Democrats, but not vote. If you're affluent, you're more likely to favor Republicans and actually vote.
Theo Anderson
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Donald Trump May Have Won—But This Is No Right-Wing Revolution
What the data can tell us on what went wrong, and how to move forward.
Mike Davis
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“The Death of the Optimism of an Entire Generation”: College Students React to Trump’s Election
Millennials—who overwhelmingly voted for Hillary Clinton—had a range of reactions, from despair to defiance.
Olivia Adams
Rural America
A Message from Standing Rock to President Obama
Rural America In These Times
Rural America
New Research Shows Immigrants Working in Rural America are More Likely to Live in Poverty
Alex McLeese
Labor
Think It’s Tough for Labor Now? Just Wait Until Trump Takes Office in January
Moshe Z. Marvit
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President Trump Is Just What the Private Prison Industry Ordered
The president-elect's policies will help not only private prison companies but, as a new report explains, the banks that help finance them.
Charles Davis
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Fighting Trump Isn’t Enough—We Must Also Wage War Within the Democratic Party
Absent our activism, the changing face of the GOP will continue to drag the Democrats further to the right.
Shaun Richman
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Meet the 21-year-old Undocumented Student Who Called Out Rahm Emanuel to His Face Over Immigration
Luis Gomez publicly blasted Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Rep. Luis Gutiérrez for failing to do enough to protect all immigrants facing the threat of a Trump presidency—and for supporting Hillary Clinton and “stale neoliberal policies” over Bernie Sanders’ campaign.
Miles Kampf-Lassin
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Inside Afghanistan’s Internally Displaced Person Camps
Uprooted by war and rejected by the EU and Pakistan, many Afghans live in ramshackle conditions with little-to-no aid.
Mohammed Harun Arsalai
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