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Trump's Buffoonery Reveals That the Empire Has No Clothes

Under his leadership, our political structure is naked and exposed, stripped of its political correctness.

yesterday 10

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Robert C. Koehler

Trump's Tariffs Won't End the Bipartisan War on the Working Class

A political economy of corporations and the wealthy lobbying for and receiving increased government help to snag higher profits and market share...

yesterday 10

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Seth Sandronsky

Standing Witness to ICE’s Cruelty Is Peaceful Protesting Done Right

If we want to preserve our democracy, then none of us have the luxury of averting our eyes to the Trump administration’s injustices. No matter how...

yesterday 8

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Jordan Liz

Memo to MAGA: Big Government Drives Economic Growth

Since at least World War II, the most dynamic sectors of the American economy have been developed in large part by federal government planning and...

yesterday 7

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Chris Green

10 Crucial Things You Can Do to Take On Trump in 2026

We will get through this, and we will prevail. But it will require confidence, courage, and tenacity.

yesterday 10

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Robert Reich

How You Can Help Save Boreal Forests in 2026

Want an easy New Years' resolution? Buy 100% recycled or alternative fiber toilet paper instead of rolls made from virgin forest pulp.

yesterday 20

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Brian Rodgers

How Billionaires of Conscience Can Use Their Wealth to Take Down Trump

The Super Rich are sitting on trillions of dollars of “dead money.” It only takes a few dozen of them to save the Republic with “live money”...

previous day 5

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Ralph Nader

The World Must Act Now to Abort the Next Phase of Extermination in Gaza

Another Israeli genocide is not a distant threat; it is an encroaching reality that will be finalized unless it is stopped.

previous day 6

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Ramzy Baroud

Bari Weiss at CBS Is Manufacturing Consent for Trump's Structural Viciousness

Weiss has internalized the belief that her job is to reinforce the corporate rather than the contrarian brand of "60 Minutes" and avoid coverage of...

previous day 40

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Daniel Falcone

10 Good Things That Happened in 2025

I hope you can look back on 2025 as the year movements for peace and justice freed political prisoners, slowed the war machine, and helped turn the...

previous day 5

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Medea Benjamin

Unrest in Iran, Plausible Deniability, and the Ghosts of 1953

In a world where information warfare blurs fact and narrative, we must resist the temptation to treat capability as conspiracy. But we must also...

previous day 4

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Angel Gomez

The Reactionary Backwash: 2025 in Review for Latin America and the Caribbean

Through a combination of elections, judicial maneuvers, and extra-parliamentary pressure, including direct interference by Washington, countries...

previous day 4

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Roger D. Harris

I Lost My Father to Violence—Executing the Wrong Man Won’t Bring Justice

I Lost My Father to Violence—Executing the Wrong Man Won’t Bring Justice

My opposition to this execution is not a betrayal of my father. It is an affirmation of the values he lived by, and that I have tried to instill in...

tuesday 2

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Tori Battle

We're Renting Our Lives Away to Enrich Tech Lords and Wall Street Oligarchs

We're Renting Our Lives Away to Enrich Tech Lords and Wall Street Oligarchs

In the new, out-of-control rental economy, the product is often just bait. The real commodity, the real profit center, the real source of unending...

tuesday 6

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Thom Hartmann

Trillionaires at the Gates

Trillionaires at the Gates

The arrival of our first trillionaire could well mark the date America’s oligarchy becomes unbreakable.

tuesday 2

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Bob Lord

The Venezuela Escalation Ignores a Long History of US Hypocrisy on Drugs

The Venezuela Escalation Ignores a Long History of US Hypocrisy on Drugs

For decades, the most powerful state actors facilitating and protecting narcotics trafficking have not been Washington’s adversaries but Washington...

tuesday 6

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Eric Ross

Stephen Miller, Frank Sinatra, and the Promise and Limits of American Liberalism ​

Stephen Miller, Frank Sinatra, and the Promise and Limits of American Liberalism ​

Looking back at exemplary moments of American liberalism to counter MAGA rhetoric is an entirely understandable and even comforting move to make,...

29.12.2025 10

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Jeffrey C. Isaac

Our Unequal Economy Means the US Can't Quit War

Our Unequal Economy Means the US Can't Quit War

The unprecedented concentration of wealth in the hands of a group of oligarchs pushes the United States toward a military economy.

29.12.2025 10

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Emanuel Pastreich

Whatever Happened to Trump’s 'Golden Age' for American Workers?

Whatever Happened to Trump’s 'Golden Age' for American Workers?

Trump administration policies have lowered wages, reduced employment, and made work less safe.

29.12.2025 2

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Lawrence Wittner

'The Humanity Cohort': Med School Graduates Offer Hope in Gaza

'The Humanity Cohort': Med School Graduates Offer Hope in Gaza

Israel has waged a systematic campaign to destroy Gaza’s healthcare delivery and to kill or imprison healthcare professionals, but these 168...

29.12.2025 6

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Kathy Kelly

Alone for the Holidays? Blame Late Stage Capitalism

Alone for the Holidays? Blame Late Stage Capitalism

Loneliness is not an individual pathology. It is a failure of how we have designed our economy, our politics, and our shared spaces.

29.12.2025 6

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Sarah Van Gelder

From Powell to Venezuela: The High Cost of Evidence-Free Escalation

From Powell to Venezuela: The High Cost of Evidence-Free Escalation

We are witnessing the reemergence of a dangerous repetition: one where the pattern of assertion becomes the prelude to action, and where action can...

29.12.2025 6

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Angel Gomez

The Least Among Us: The Elemental Heart of the Story

The Least Among Us: The Elemental Heart of the Story

This holiday season, writes John Pavlovitz, "it’s a Herculean task to let our hearts be light." Daily, we confront the afflictions of an impossibly...

28.12.2025 20

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Abby Zimet

Donald Trump’s First Year Report Card Made Public: D+

Donald Trump’s First Year Report Card Made Public: D+

Trump spent 2025 in a full-throated effort to destroy US democracy.

28.12.2025 20

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Paul Josephson

Trump Cabinet Officials Re-Name Themselves

Trump Cabinet Officials Re-Name Themselves

“Good enough for a battleship, it’s good enough for me,” said Homeland Security chief Kristi Trump-Noem.

28.12.2025 10

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Mitchell Zimmerman

No, Trump Did Not End Taxes on Social Security

No, Trump Did Not End Taxes on Social Security

Time after time, fact-checkers and news outlets have pointed out that contrary to Trump and Vance’s claims, the “One Big Beautiful Bill” (OBBB) did...

28.12.2025 1

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Martin Burns

As the Year Ends, What Did We Choose to Fund?

As the Year Ends, What Did We Choose to Fund?

Cancer and other noncommunicable diseases remain chronically underfunded in low- and middle-income countries. This neglect is not only unjust; it...

28.12.2025 3

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Navid Madani

Progressive Educator Myles Horton's Lessons for Fighting for Social Justice Today

Progressive Educator Myles Horton's Lessons for Fighting for Social Justice Today

Horton’s work offers a compelling model of how popular education can contribute to progressive change, fostering critical thinking in slow times...

28.12.2025 2

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Mark Engler