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With Net Neutrality Axed, Local Governments Are Racing To Save the Open Internet

Cities and states are leading the way in defending the internet from corporate control.

Victor Pickard and David Elliot Berman

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Centrist Pundits Assume Voters Agree with Them. Polling Tells a Different Story.

Jonathan Chait and Rahm Emanuel get "electability" totally wrong.

Jonathan Cohn

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Trashing Teachers and Red-Baiting: How a Republican Governor Lost in Kentucky

Democrat Andy Beshear defeated Republican Gov. Matt Bevin in deep-red Kentucky. The lesson? Attacking teachers and socialism won’t protect the GOP.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

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Want To Build the Labor Movement? Get a Job at a Union Workplace.

The case for the rank-and-file strategy.

Laura Gabby

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90% of Workers Aren’t in a Union. Labor’s Future Depends on Them.

The labor movement needs more organic leaders, not a militant minority.

Andrew Dobbyn

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Labor Needs To Embrace Social Justice Unionism

A successful rank-and-file strategy must look beyond the workplace.

Bill Fletcher, Jr.

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How Ranked Choice Voting Could Make the 2020 Election More Democratic

The landmark voting reform is quickly spreading across the country—and could have a major impact on contests in 2020.

Adam Eichen

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The Postal Service Is the Most Popular Federal Agency in America. Let’s Massively Expand It.

Americans love the postal service. From banking to combating climate change, the public agency could be used to provide so much more.

Jeremy Mohler

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Climate Change-Fighting Youth Need Adult Allies. Their Teachers Should Be First in Line.

A striking Chicago teacher explains how educators can add climate to their curriculum—and stand with their students.

Nick Limbeck

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Why We Need Young People To Run the Country—And Why I’m Voting for Bernie Anyway

You can't trust anyone over 30 years in office. Except maybe one.

Dayton Martindale

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Ageism Has No Place in the Presidential Election

Science tells us that age and health are two very different things.

Susan J. Douglas

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Special coverage: Inside Chicago’s historic teachers’ strike

In These Times Editors

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Why the Argument that Medicare for All Will Curtail “Freedom” Is So, So Wrong

Joe Biden and other centrists are deploying cynical arguments to defend the for-profit insurance system. We shouldn’t buy it.

Ben Palmquist

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The coming Chicago teachers strike could be felt across the country

Miles Kampf-Lassin

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Only Bernie’s Green New Deal Answers Greta’s Call for Action

To fulfill the promise of the climate strikes, we need a bold policy solution.

Christopher D. Cook

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Trolls Are Sowing Discord Between Sanders and Warren Supporters

Is someone yanking your chain?

Joel Bleifuss

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Why the Left Needs To Stop Worrying and Learn To Love Impeachment

The fight for democracy can’t be left to the centrists.

Max B. Sawicky

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Bernie Sanders to Chicago Teachers: Worker Militancy Is Key to Fighting the Corporate Elite

At a raucous rally on Tuesday, Sanders stood with Chicago teachers who are on the verge of another citywide strike.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

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How the U.S. Left Should Approach China

From trade policy to Hong Kong, progressives must oppose xenophobia and nationalism while advancing labor and human rights.

Tobita Chow

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The “Democratic” in DSA

The Democratic Socialists of America recommitted itself to using “elections, public offices and legislation” to build support for democratic socialist ideas.

Joel Bleifuss

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The Shocking Lack of Diversity on State Supreme Courts

White male-dominated courts are a threat to judicial impartiality—and to democracy.

Daniel Fernandez

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Bill McKibben: Today Could Mark the Largest Day of Climate Action in Planetary History

Why students and workers across the globe are going on a climate strike.

Bill McKibben

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Don’t Buy Greenland—Buy Greyhound

The bus company is for sale. The federal government should nationalize it and expand its low-carbon, affordable services.

Joel M. Batterman

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Joe Biden Lied His Face Off About the Iraq War

Our score for Biden’s debate performance: 8 million pinocchios.

Branko Marcetic