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The Big Idea: Guerrilla Theater

Alongside protests against raids and deportations, small actions of absurdist disruption can also prove to expose the raw violence of those in power.

J. Patrick Patterson

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As Workers Struggle, Our Political Class Goes All In On a Permanent War State

From blood banks to food insecurity, a snapshot of a country whose raison d'etre is increasingly open sadism and violence

Sarah Lazare

Viewpoint

To Tax the Ultra-Rich, We Need to Go After Their Wealth—Not Just Income

Two proposals—one in California, one in Congress—could finally do it. The alternative is an ever-more-powerful billionaire class that threatens democracy itself.

Conor Lynch

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Salah Sarsour: A Pillar Taken, A Community That Will Not Yield

Dr. Hatem Bazian on ICE's abduction of a beloved community member who played a major role in the local Palestine movement—and how he may have been wrongly targeted because of it.

Dr. Hatem Bazian

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Voters Trust Union Candidates More—So Unions Should Run Them

A new report shows that candidates with backgrounds in labor unions can win the support of working people. The Democratic Party should take note.

Jake Triola

Labor

Cesar Chavez Revelations Show It’s Time for Truth and Reconciliation in the Labor Movement

Chavez’ once-saintly reputation is forever destroyed, but the union doesn’t have to be. For the sake of farmworkers who deserve better, the UFW should take swift, drastic steps to begin repairing its integrity and regaining its footing.

Ana Avendaño

FeatureClimateRural America

Fortress Yellowstone

The ultra-rich are fortifying themselves inside one of America’s last intact ecosystems—with money plundered from ecological sacrifice zones around the world

Joseph Bullington

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The U.S.-Iran War Is Illegal. Here’s Why That Matters.

If this war continues without accountability, it threatens even more dire consequences in years ahead.

Phyllis Bennis

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The Price of War

How America’s history with Iran has already shaped ordinary lives

Rebecca Kay Bright