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Comics
What Trump’s Immigrant Test Will Look Like
Matt Bors
Feature
The National Security “Experts” Denouncing Trump Are a Who’s Who of Disastrous Neocons
The enemies of my enemy may be war criminals.
Rebecca Gordon
Labor
How We Won a Contract Against Austerity at CUNY
Barbara Bowen
Feature
20 Years After Welfare Reform, The Fight to Destigmatize Poor Black Mothers Continues
An interview with Maureen Taylor, a longtime economic justice advocate and chair of the Michigan Welfare Rights Organization.
Premilla Nadasen
Culture
In Ixcanul, Guatemala’s First-Ever Oscar Entry, Feminism Erupts in a Small Mayan Community
Filmed entirely in Kaqchikel, Jayro Bustamante’s new movie explores a clash between reproductive rights and tradition.
Michael Atkinson
Rural America
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Why Both Sides of the Sugar Tax Debate Have It Wrong
Victoria Albert
Feature
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
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