The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

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Barbara Lee’s War on War
Washington’s voice of conscience since 9/11.
Matthew Cunningham-Cook

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The Paradise Papers Are Proof That Capitalism and Racism Fuel The Global Plutocracy
To end the immoral abuses documented in the Paradise Papers, we must challenge the systems of both entrenched wealth and racial domination.
Sam Adler-Bell

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Nationalize the Fossil Fuel Industry
For a big problem, we need big solutions.
Carla Skandier

Labor
An Affordable Housing Movement Is Rising from the Wreckage of the Foreclosure Crisis
Michael Arria

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What the South Can Teach the Rest of the Country About Resisting the Right
A conversation with organizers of the Southern Movement Assembly, a convergence of bottom-up organizations rooted in Black struggle.
Sarah Jaffe

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Robert Reich: The GOP Tax Bill Is Everything That’s Wrong With Our Democracy
The Republican plan will hurt the poor, enrich the wealthy and make GOP campaign donors very happy.
Robert Reich

Rural America
Wisconsin Dairy Farmer to GOP: Your Estate Tax Claims Are Bogus
Jim Goodman

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“It Is the Young People Who Will Free Us”: Resisting Militarized Violence, from Honduras to Chicago
A transnational conversation between organizers.
Gaspar Sánchez and Veronica Morris-Moore

Culture
Celebrate the 40th Birthday of the Combahee River Collective Statement
Essential books by radical women of color—Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Barbara Ransby, Gloria Anzaldúa, Cherríe Moraga, Ida B. Wells and more.
In These Times Staff

Labor
Second City Has Been a Comedy Mecca for Decades. Now Its Workers Are Voting to Form a Union.
Yana Kunichoff

Labor
Fight for $15 Just Scored a Big Win in Maryland. We Have Unions to Thank.
Bruce Vail

Dispatch
The Sunshine State’s Still Berning: Bringing the Political Revolution to Miami
Tomas Kennedy and the rise of South Beach socialism.
Rob Wile

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Undocumented Communities Devastated By Calif. Wildfires Are Now Being Left Out of Federal Relief
Grassroots fundraising efforts aim to prevent undocumented immigrants from slipping through the cracks.
Julianne Tveten

Rural America
Upton Sinclair is Dead and the Food Industry has the Trump Admin. Right Where It Wants It
Alana Toulin

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The Elephants in the Resistance: Don’t Trust the Anti-Trump Republicans
Sen. Jeff Flake and his ilk aren’t the heroes we’re looking for.
Rick Perlstein

Culture
The Personal Is Not Always Political
The problem with the media’s individualistic response to collective tragedy.
Leon Fink

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As the Trump Admin. Gives Fossil Fuels Industry the Floor at COP23, Hundreds of Protesters Shut Out
Representatives from fossil fuels companies were invited to speak on a panel alongside White House officials.
Kate Aronoff

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100 Years of Colonialism: How Puerto Rico Became Easy Prey for Profiteers
From U.S. policies to cronyism to vulture finance, the real disaster is human made.
Centro de Periodismo Investigativo, In These Times
