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What We Can Learn From the “Janes” of the 1960s Underground Abortion Network
Rather than despair, abortion advocates should learn from a long, radical history of community organizing and mutual aid.
Eesha Pandit
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After 3 Decades, Privatization Has Been Proven a Failure. Let’s Bury It for Good.
Handing public assets and services over to the free market has been a boon for corporate America and a disaster for the working class.
Jeremy Mohler
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Angela Davis: Rescinding of Civil Rights Award Is Attack on “the Indivisibility of Justice”
After an outcry from some Jewish groups over her support for Palestinian justice, Davis saw a prestigious civil rights award revoked. Here is her statement.
Angela Davis
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Why Government Spending Can’t Turn the U.S. Into Venezuela
When poor countries fall prey to inflation, it’s not because they’re “too socialist.”
Fadhel Kaboub
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There Are Limits to Government Spending, But We Haven’t Reached Them Yet
Max B. Sawicky
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Yes, the Federal Government Can Just Print Money
The U.S. government can dramatically increase spending without raising taxes.
Pavlina R. Tcherneva
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States Can Break Up Big Banks. Here’s How.
A healthy economy has no need for mega-banks.
Dave Kamper
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Here’s How Blue States Can Pave the Way for Medicare for All
Democrats were elected on promises of affordable healthcare. This is what states can do even under Trump.
David Dayen
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Our Freshwater Emergency Is Worse Than You Think
How blue state governors can address a sprawling national water crisis.
Laura Orlando
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We Got a Blue Wave, But We Can Win So Much More—If We Mobilize Now
This fight is for civilization’s survival—one that will require the mobilization not seen since the civil rights movement.
Joel Bleifuss
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We Can Fight Climate Change and Still Eat Beef
How grass-fed cattle can sequester carbon and rebuild soil.
Paige Stanley
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Climate-Friendly Beef Is a Myth. Don’t Buy It.
There’s no way around it: Take on the meat industry or face ecological disaster.
Jennifer Molidor
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Anything Cows Can Do, Elk Can Do Better
Most sustainable food models rely on domesticated animals. They don’t need to—and shouldn’t.
Nassim Nobari
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Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris Both Fall Short on Abolishing Money Bail
Each of their bills is weak, although Harris' is more dangerously flawed.
Sarah Lazare
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An Open Letter To Andrew Cuomo: Now Will You Keep Your Clemency Promises?
Despite big talk, in eight years, the governor has freed exactly one domestic violence survivor from prison.
S&P NYC
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Yes, Voter Suppression Is Real. But Young Voters May Bridge the Gap.
The midterms are rigged against people of color and the poor.
Joel Bleifuss
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94% of Indigenous Women in Seattle Have Experienced Sexual Violence. We Need To Tell Their Stories.
Abigail Echo-Hawk on a hidden epidemic.
Andrew Schwartz
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When Will Obama Aides Come Clean About U.S.-Saudi War Crimes?
Now that Saudi Arabia has become a P.R. liability, Samantha Power and Ben Rhodes have quietly condemned the war in Yemen. But when they had the power to stop it, they were complicit.
Sarah Lazare
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What Russiagate Skeptics Get Wrong
The Left can call for military deescalation while still holding Putin accountable for electoral meddling.
John Feffer
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How Pro-War Democrats Use Russiagate To Bloat the Military—And Why That’s Dangerous
Russia became the bipartisan justification for an $716 billion defense budget and nuclear build-up.
Sarah Lazare
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Why I’m Sick and Tired of Hearing About Russiagate
Mueller won’t save us from the deep flaws in our democracy that brought us Trump.
Jessica Stites
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We Believed Anita Hill
In 1991, an alleged sexual harasser was appointed to the Supreme Court. Let’s not repeat history.
Joel Bleifuss
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It’s Time for the Left To Unite Behind Bernie 2020
He’s popular, principled and there are no better options.
Briahna Gray
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Don’t Endorse Bernie Yet—Make Candidates Compete for the Left Vote
Keep the left lane open.
Sean McElwee
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