The Wisconsin Idea

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The Media Is Giving Facebook a Free Pass to Shut Down Activists Over Russia Fears

An anti-fascist coalition says its event page was unfairly targeted in the tech giant's latest crackdown.

Sarah Lazare and Julianne Tveten

Labor

Trump Appointees Are Pushing a Deregulation Plan That Could Dramatically Erode Consumer Protections

David Dayen

Rural America

Slaughterhouses Offer Rural Communities Employment but Low Wages

Christopher Walljasper

Rural America

No One Wins in a Trade War, Especially not American Farmers

Amanda M. Countryman

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Jonathan Chait Is the Last Person We Should Listen To When It Comes to Trump and Russia

Chait says Russiagate skeptics are foolish. Here's why he's completely wrong.

Branko Marcetic

Dispatch

When the “Cure” for Homosexuality Is Torture

Ecuador led the way on LGBTQ rights, but abusive “gay cure” clinics persist.

Kimberley Brown

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The Long History of America’s Violent Intervention in Afghanistan

The people of Afghanistan are paying a horrible price for the protracted U.S. occupation.

Gregory Shupak

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On Michael Harrington’s Democratic Socialism

Maurice Isserman's biography of Harrington depicts a fierce lifelong advocate for democratic socialism who butted heads with the New Left but never wavered in his commitment to economic justice.

Kim Phillips-Fein

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Michael Harrington, an American Socialist

DSA founder Michael Harrington served as a moral tribune for a broad community by virtue of the democratic and egalitarian content of his socialist message, and by his ceaseless commitment to spreading it.

Harold Meyerson