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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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The Inside-Outside Approach to Bernie 2020

Endorse, but play the long game.

Peter Frase

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We Are Witnessing the Last Gasps of Centrism

While the Democratic establishment is blindly attempting to revive the neoliberal Third Way, the party's base is embracing socialism.

Miles Kampf-Lassin

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Why Is #Resistance Dem J.B. Pritzker’s Family Hotel Chain Hosting an Anti-Muslim Hate Group?

If he really wants to stand up to Trump’s bigoted agenda, Pritzker should demand Hyatt cancel the meeting of the racist group.

Saqib Bhatti

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Why Did We Run an Anti-Abortion Piece in 1979?

A look back at the historical context and where we went wrong.

Jessica Stites

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How to Prepare for a Post-Roe America

Roe will fall. We must be ready for it.

Robin Marty, Farah Diaz-Tello and Loretta J. Ross

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We Can Criticize U.S. Imperialism and Oppose Putin, Too

The rise of fascism is not to be taken lightly.

James Thindwa

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We Can Criticize U.S. Imperialism and Oppose Putin, Too

The rise of fascism is not to be taken lightly.

James Thindwa