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Biden Throws Labor a Bone, When We Need Steak

The White House's Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment suggests stronger laws are needed for fundamental change in labor movement. So where are they?

Hamilton Nolan

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The Fight to Reclaim Colorado's Privatized Rivers for the Public

A fisherman’s lawsuit pushes back against a tide of wealth-driven privatization that seeks to deny public access to waterways and other public resources.

Mark Squillace

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Rashida Tlaib: Here’s Where Biden’s SOTU Fell Short

With a stroke of a pen, President Biden could improve lives for millions of working people. To strengthen the state of the union, now is the time for transformative action.

Rashida Tlaib

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The U.S. Should Respond to Putin’s Unconscionable Invasion of Ukraine With Diplomacy, Not War

Urgent diplomacy and humanitarian aid—and Russia’s own antiwar movement—could stop the suffering.

Phyllis Bennis

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Robert Reich: The Biden White House Is Making a Mistake By Not Tying Inflation to Corporate Power

When we talk about inflation we must also talk about soaring corporate profits.

Robert Reich

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The Best Way to Fight for the Public is in Public

Robin Wonsley Worlobah, Minneapolis' first Black democratic socialist City Councilmember, says she's not only fighting for better outcomes, but a more just system.

Robin Wonsley Worlobah

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How a News Voucher System Could Revitalize American Journalism

We can rebuild the local journalism industry by having the government give people the means to pay for news.

Mark Histed

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Youth to Biden: Drop Debt

Democrats may be doomed in the midterms without student debt cancellation.

Paige Oamek

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Joseph Stiglitz: The Wrong Way to Respond to Inflation? Panicking.

The data show there's no reason to react rashly with large across-the-board interest-rate hikes. Instead we should pursue policies that tax the rich and benefit working people.

Joseph Stiglitz

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The U.S. Dairy System Is in Crisis and Exporting More Milk to Canada Won’t Fix It

U.S. farm policies are bad for dairy farmers, cows, customers and the climate. We shouldn’t try to defeat Canada’s dairy system—we should learn from it.

Niaz Dorry

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U.S. Militarism Is a Cause of Tension in Eastern Europe, Not a Solution

The United States backing Ukraine raises tension with Russia and is another move to feed into the military-industrial complex.

Khury Petersen-Smith

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Legalized Sports Betting Is Class War Against You

The new age of app-based gambling will do for personal finance what Facebook did for public discourse.

Hamilton Nolan

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States Now Hold the Key to Making Medicare for All a Reality

With action stalled at the national level, local elected officials and movement organizers have joined forces to enact single-payer healthcare.

Michael Lighty

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Financial Superbubble Meets Political Dystopia

The next major recession will be the final ingredient in America's poisonous post-Trump evolution.

Hamilton Nolan

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Disrupt or Anchor the Democratic Party? Why Not Both?

Political scientists Frances Fox Piven and Daniel Schlozman offer key perspectives on whether movements should put pressure on political parties from the outside, or focus on gaining insider power themselves.

Mark Engler and Paul Engler

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Where Is the 100,000-Strong Public Health Corps Biden Promised Us?

The government needs to bring vaccines and information to the people through an ambitious public jobs program, just like Biden said he would.

Abdullah Shihipar

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The Billionaire Side Hustle That Inequality Created

An easy income stream is open to anyone who can pay the entry price. (You can't.)

Hamilton Nolan

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The “Great Resignation” Is Just Hype

The solution to Biden’s economic problems is simple: spend more money to fuel the recovery.

Max B. Sawicky

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How to Live with the New Predator that Stalks the West

Unwilling to share the landscape with grizzlies, wolves and other predators, the U.S. exterminated most of them. With wildfire, we don’t have that option.

Pepper Trail

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The Ticking Bomb of Crypto Fascism

The crypto market's inevitable crash will pull America's politics in an even scarier direction.

Hamilton Nolan

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A Brief History of How Big Oil Outplayed Us All

For a century, the fossil fuel industry has outmaneuvered regulators and the public to lock in its power and profits, at the world’s expense.

Naomi Oreskes and Jeff Nesbit

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A Lot Depends on How Much of a Sociopath Joe Manchin Is

Will he watch the world burn for the sake of civility?

Hamilton Nolan

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Stop Buying Holiday Gifts for Your Boss

A third of U.S. workers say they buy presents for their manager. It’s time to end this predatory ritual once and for all.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

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Running Scared from Inflation Is a Recipe for Ruining the Economy

The specter of inflation is being invoked by Sen. Joe Manchin to block vital social programs in the Build Back Better bill. It's just a pretext for class war.

Max B. Sawicky