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Rural America
Rural Stories Making Headlines (August 21, 2016)
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Why Both Sides of the Sugar Tax Debate Have It Wrong
Victoria Albert
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The U.S. Is Ending the Use of Federal Private Prisons—But That Won’t End Mass Incarceration
The news is a welcome reminder that marching in the streets can lead to reforms down the road.
Julia Clark-Riddell
Labor
SEIU’s “Future Fighters”: “We need a plan for racial justice in every union”
Chris Brooks
Culture
Can There Be a Party of the Left in Britain?
Party brass may not like it, but Jeremy Corbyn's popularity could herald a new era for Labour.
Jane Miller
Rural America
Over 10,000 Firefighters Are Battling Eight Large Wildfires in California
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Feature
How Hillary Clinton and “American Power” Paved the Way for Shocking Violence in Honduras
A recent op-ed fails to acknowledge the relationship between U.S. support for a coup and the Honduran murder rate.
Jim Naureckas
Rural America
One of the Greatest Environmental Threats Almost No One Knows About
David Helvarg
Labor
Baltimore’s Democratic City Council Kills $15 Minimum Wage Bill, For Now
Bruce Vail
Feature
The Myth of the Surgical Strike
Targeted bombings by the U.S., Saudi Arabia and others have proven an ineffective—and destructive—weapon in the War on Terror.
Vijay Prashad, Alternet
Labor
Domestic Workers in Ill. Win Bill of Rights: “Years of Organizing Have Finally Paid Off”
Parker Asmann
Feature
“The fix is in”: How the Blair Government Helped U.K. Companies Profit From the Iraq War
Declassified documents from the lead-up to war show oil, gas and other corporations scrambling to capitalize on Iraq.
Branko Marcetic
Labor
Postal Workers Fend Off Attacks in New Contract
Alexandra Bradbury
Feature
U.S. Peace Activists Should Start Listening to Progressive Syrian Voices
A U.S.-centric view of the conflict gives Assad a free pass.
Terry Burke
Feature
The Radicalism of Black Lives Matter
Three years in, the youth-led movement has the power to transform the Left.
Martha Biondi
Labor
BREAKING—Fight for $15 Organizers Tell SEIU: We Need $15 and a Union (Updated)
David Moberg
Rural America
Rural Stories Making Headlines (August 13, 2016)
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Labor
Authors Spill Organizing Secrets in Labor Notes’ New Book
Jen Johnson
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