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The Cornucopia Institute
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It really is no coincidence that the members of Congress who receive the most money from Wall Street are also the most hands-off on regulating it.
Charles Austin
Labor
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James Walker
Labor
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Michael Arria
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When “Progressives” Make Palestinian Rights Taboo, They Are Coddling the Far Right
Carlos Ramirez-Rosa lost his spot on the gubernatorial ticket of Daniel Biss for refusing to condemn global movements for Palestinian human rights.
Rahul Saksena
Labor
This Lawyer Helped Reagan Bust the Air Traffic Controllers Union. Now Trump Wants Him on the NLRB.
Michael Arria
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Socialism and Faygo: Why the DSA Is Down for the Struggalo
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Sarah Jaffe
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The New GOP Plan to Repeal Obamacare Is Pure Destruction, or Trumpism In a Nutshell
Graham-Cassidy would repeal the ACA and gut Medicaid with no viable replacement—leaving millions of Americans without healthcare.
Josh Bivens and Hunter Blair
Labor
After Member Is Deported, New York Teamsters Declare Themselves Sanctuary Union
Sarah Jaffe
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In 2028 Olympics, L.A. Residents See a Police State on Steroids
Community groups are torching the city’s Olympic plans.
Leighton Woodhouse
Rural America
How Corporate Science and Alternative Facts Limit Our Reality
John Ikerd
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We Can’t Fight Trump-Style Hate with the Surveillance State
"Life After Hate" has attracted widespread support as an anti-racist organization. Yet, the group has a troubling history of collaborating with Islamophobic "war on terror" federal programming.
Debbie Southorn
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The U.S.-Trained Warlords Committing Atrocities in Afghanistan
A village alleges dozens of civilian deaths at the hands of a single U.S.-trained strongman—just one example of the “Afghan special forces” to whom the U.S. has delegated its war.
May Jeong
Viewpoint
Heed the Lesson of 1932: Only Left Unity Can Defeat the Racist Right
We have our differences, but we also have the numbers.
Joel Bleifuss
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After Irma, Can Private Utilities Be Trusted to Rebuild?
There’s an opportunity post-Irma to revolutionize Florida’s power supply, but Big Energy is not likely to rise to the occasion.
Kate Aronoff
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Where Have All the Communes Gone?
Dusting off the dirty hippie.
Jessa Crispin
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