The Movement for Black Lives Issue Takeover

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Neither Clinton Nor Trump Is the Great Pumpkin

On the 50th anniversary of the Charlie Brown classic, politics reminds us that hope isn’t always an asset.

Theo Anderson

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Trump’s Right: The Election Is Rigged. But He’s Wrong About Who’s Rigging It.

There’s a reason people feel unheard in American democracy.

Kate Aronoff

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“Pussy Grabs Back” Organizers React to Debate, Plan Ahead Post-Election

Defeating Trump is No. 1. But holding a Clinton administration accountable to the left is a close second.

Kate Aronoff

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In Raging Battle for North Carolina, Progressives Push Back

The state seems to sum up both the worst and the best of American politics.

Theo Anderson

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3 Reasons To Be Worried About the Blackstone Group—and Their Friend, Hillary Clinton

Leaked emails show Clinton’s advisers sought to “develop a real relationship with" the controversial private equity firm.

Branko Marcetic

Labor

The Two-Tier Provision in the Chicago Teachers Union’s Tentative Agreement, Explained

Shaun Richman

Rural America

UN Food and Agriculture Report Stresses Climate but Ignores Industrial Agriculture

Rural America In These Times

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Could a Socialist Plot Save the Planet?

Nationalization could slow the climate crisis. But email leaks show how hard a sell it will be to a Clinton administration.

Kate Aronoff

Labor

In a Nightmare for Neoliberal Ed Reformers, Chicago Charter School Teachers May Strike This Week

Rebecca Burns

Labor

Korean Workers Launch Major Wave of Strikes, Winning International Support

Tim Shorrock

InvestigationGoodman Institute

Native Americans Are Being Killed by Police at a Higher Rate Than Any Other Group

These deaths are rarely covered in the media, but now, Native groups are organizing for justice in a growing Native Lives Matter movement.

Stephanie Woodard

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Dump Trump, Defeat Racism and Misogyny, Build the Left

An open letter to the Left

47 Grassroots Organizers

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What Happens When an Ayn Rand Devotee Runs a Public School System? Just Ask Chicago.

Chicago Public Schools CEO Forrest Claypool has spent his career putting free-market ideology over the needs of workers, teachers and students.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

Rural America

Standing Rock and the Militarized Response to Indigenous Movements Around the World

Jenni Monet

Labor

420,000 More Workers in Cook County Will Soon Have Paid Sick Leave

Jonathan Timm

Labor

Zuckerman v. Hoffa: Can a “Pissed-off Teamster” Push Out the Incumbent?

Alexandra Bradbury

Rural America

Activists to Congress: This New GMO Labeling Law “Doesn’t Pass the Laugh Test”

Tracy Frisch

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Leaked Emails Show Hillary Clinton Would Likely Continue the Worst Parts of Obama’s Economic Legacy

Confirming progressives' suspicions, Clinton is shown hewing to the center on banking and entitlements.

Branko Marcetic