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How the Pandemic Changed the Landscape of U.S. Labor Organizing

By banding together to demand justice on the job, essential workers paved the way for a resurgence of labor unrest—and showed how to create a crisis for capitalism.

Jamie K. McCallum

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How to Fix the Pathetic Florida Democratic Party

To reverse their dismal midterm election performance, Florida Democrats need to embrace working people, the environment and Unite Here.

Hamilton Nolan

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Democrats Must Invest in Young People If They Want to Win

The midterms proved the climate generation is a force to be reckoned with.

Varshini Prakash

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The Good Years May Be Over, and Labor Didn't Get Much

The meager returns of Democratic control of the government remind us that true power comes from organizing workers.

Hamilton Nolan

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How the Democrats Won and Lost the 2022 Midterms

What the surprising results mean for the electoral Left.

Maurice Mitchell

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Lessons From the U.S. Left on Taking Power Vs. Organizing on the Outside

As social movements move beyond the default anarchist sensibility that prevailed through Occupy, they must still reckon with hard questions about bureaucracy and cooptation.

Mark Engler and Paul Engler

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It’s Time For a Ceasefire in Ukraine

A ceasefire in Ukraine has been needed since day one—and it’s more urgent now than ever.

Phyllis Bennis

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Mike Davis’s Socialism Was Rooted in a Love of Humanity

The Marxist writer and activist Mike Davis (1946-2022) showed us all how to live and fight as an “old-school socialist.”

Micah Uetricht

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Robert Reich: Why Aren’t Democrats Talking About the Real Cause of Inflation?

Casting corporate profiteering as a key driver of inflation would be a political winner for Democrats—and it has the virtue of being true.

Robert Reich

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How Progressives Can Counter ‘Tough-on Crime’ Messaging

Crime plays on primal emotions. We need deep engagement to transform people's thinking.

Robert Kraig

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Barbara Ehrenreich’s Call for Socialist Feminism

“Feminism—despite all our efforts—is still largely a middle-class movement and ideology,” Ehrenreich wrote in 1984—words that are still relevant today.

Barbara Ehrenreich

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Biden’s Marijuana Reform Plan Is a Good Start. He Can’t Stop There.

The Biden administration has taken the first step to ending harsh and discriminatory laws around marijuana. But it’s a far cry from justice for all those impacted.

Jesse Mechanic

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The Gangster Socialists of the Red State Beaches

Insurance may suck, but it doesn't lie.

Hamilton Nolan

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Joe Manchin Says He’s Pro-Job Creation, But He’s Lobbying the Fed to Increase Unemployment

Sen. Manchin has justified fossil fuel extraction because it “creates jobs.” He's also pushing a policy that would cut them.

Sarah Lazare

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To Win in the Midterms, Democrats Should Go All In on Reviving the Child Tax Credit

The expanded Child Tax Credit was the most impactful anti-poverty program in a generation. Democrats should campaign on bringing it back.

Jim Pugh

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Teachers and Other Unionists Are Joining Iran’s Gender Justice Uprising

As part of the nationwide protests in Iran, women union members are taking to the streets, saying: “we have nothing to lose but our lives.”

Alborz Ghandehari

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The Left Should Double Down on Electoral Organizing

To build power and transform communities, socialists and movement organizers need to engage in the electoral arena.

Alicia Garza

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Poverty Is a Public Policy Choice

Pandemic safety net programs kept millions out of poverty in 2021. Cutting them will lead to more unnecessary misery.

Asha Banerjee and Ben Zipperer

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Why Aren’t Workers at Unions Eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness?

While Biden has taken steps to provide student debt cancellation, union workers are excluded from a key relief program—while workers at anti-labor groups like the Heritage Foundation are covered.

Audrey Winn

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Independent Unions Are Great—And Proof of Labor's Broken Institutions

The inspiring wave of independent labor organizing also represents the failure of existing unions.

Hamilton Nolan

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Grading President Biden’s Economic Record

Rapid job growth and increased worker bargaining power are very good—there’s a whole lot more progressive policy that could be done.

Max B. Sawicky

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The Strike that Started the Red Wave

Ten years ago, Chicago teachers modeled what a militant fight for public education looks like by walking off the job. A decade later, the legacy of social justice unionism continues to animate the U.S. labor movement.

Jackson Potter

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Republican State AGs Are Trying to Cut Workers’ Wages

While posturing as defenders of working people, over a dozen GOP Attorneys General are seeking to undo wage increases for workers on federal contracts.

Megan Uzzell and JoAnn Kintz

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Biden’s Student Debt Relief Plan Is a Very Good Economic Policy

The critics are wrong—cancelling student debt will actually help ease inflation and benefit working-class borrowers.

Max B. Sawicky