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Trillionaires Are Only Possible Because They Don't Pay Taxes Like Ordinary People

Trillionaires Are Only Possible Because They Don't Pay Taxes Like Ordinary People

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Stephen Land

The Consuming Contradictions of Trump's Iran War

The Consuming Contradictions of Trump's Iran War

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Seth Sandronsky

Haley Stevens Is an Enemy of International Law

Haley Stevens Is an Enemy of International Law

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Stephen Zunes

The Death Count Trap: Why Tallying Victims Won't Stop Israel’s Genocide

The Death Count Trap: Why Tallying Victims Won't Stop Israel’s Genocide

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Ramzy Baroud

Nevada’s Data Centers Power a Surveillance Pipeline That Ends at Our Doorstep

Nevada’s Data Centers Power a Surveillance Pipeline That Ends at Our Doorstep

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Pam Russell

A Semiquincentennial Declaration

A Semiquincentennial Declaration

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Christopher D. Cook

Celebrate Medicare and Medicaid—and Protect Them From Trump!

Celebrate Medicare and Medicaid—and Protect Them From Trump!

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Max Richtman

How to Celebrate Medicare's 61st Birthday? Expand It to Everyone

How to Celebrate Medicare's 61st Birthday? Expand It to Everyone

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F. Douglas Stephenson

For 61 Years, We Protected Medicare—Now, Trumpublicans Are Trying to Destroy It

For 61 Years, We Protected Medicare—Now, Trumpublicans Are Trying to Destroy It

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Donna Smith

Republicans Want to Dismantle Medicare; Democrats Must Fight for Medicare for All

Republicans Want to Dismantle Medicare; Democrats Must Fight for Medicare for All

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Nancy J. Altman

Desperately Seeking Scapegoats

Desperately Seeking Scapegoats

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Abby Zimet

If You Get Explosive Diarrhea This Summer, Blame Big Food and Its MAGA Enablers

If You Get Explosive Diarrhea This Summer, Blame Big Food and Its MAGA Enablers

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Sonali Kolhatkar

Congress Hasn’t Authorized Trump’s Iran War—or Ended It

Congress Hasn’t Authorized Trump’s Iran War—or Ended It

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Brian Hudson

Really, Rubio? Mamdani, DSA, and More Are Terrorist Agents of Cuban Intelligence?

Really, Rubio? Mamdani, DSA, and More Are Terrorist Agents of Cuban Intelligence?

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Miles Mogulescu

Trump’s Election 'Reforms' Are a Blueprint for Constitutional Capture

Trump’s Election 'Reforms' Are a Blueprint for Constitutional Capture

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Greg Pence

MAGA Eugenics Should Alarm Us All

MAGA Eugenics Should Alarm Us All

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James Alwine

Trump Is Rolling Back So Many Workers' Rights, He's Placed the US on a Watchlist

Trump Is Rolling Back So Many Workers' Rights, He's Placed the US on a Watchlist

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Luc Triangle

An Entire Forest Born Of Just 20 Seedlings: The Forest Man of India’s Legacy

An Entire Forest Born Of Just 20 Seedlings: The Forest Man of India’s Legacy

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Tanuj Samaddar

The Real 21st Century Red Scare Is the Heat Index

The Real 21st Century Red Scare Is the Heat Index

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Tom Engelhardt

It's Time to Make Gas a Dirty Word

It's Time to Make Gas a Dirty Word

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Bill McKibben

How Village Resistance Disrupted Israel’s West Bank Strategy

How Village Resistance Disrupted Israel’s West Bank Strategy

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Ramzy Baroud

Is the US Ready for Radical Change?

Is the US Ready for Radical Change?

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C.j. Polychroniou

Attacks on Mamdani Prove Israel's Supporters Can't Even Tolerate Criticism of Netanyahu

Attacks on Mamdani Prove Israel's Supporters Can't Even Tolerate Criticism of Netanyahu

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Edward Ahmed Mitchell

Despite State-Backed Israeli Settler Violence, the Palestinians Will Persevere

Despite State-Backed Israeli Settler Violence, the Palestinians Will Persevere

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Peter F. Crowley

Remembering Richard Heinberg, Who Challenged Us to Live Well and Love the Earth

Remembering Richard Heinberg, Who Challenged Us to Live Well and Love the Earth

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Asher Miller

The End of Temporary Protected Status Will Unleash More ICE Arrests and Deportations

The End of Temporary Protected Status Will Unleash More ICE Arrests and Deportations

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27.07.2026 4

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Jordan Liz

How Hakeem Jeffries and J Street Teamed Up for Arming Genocide

How Hakeem Jeffries and J Street Teamed Up for Arming Genocide

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Norman Solomon

Rep. Jeffries' Actions Would Earn the Praise of Trump, Not the US People

Rep. Jeffries' Actions Would Earn the Praise of Trump, Not the US People

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Ralph Nader

The AI Race With China Is a Lie Told by Big Tech to Justify the Data Center Invasion

The AI Race With China Is a Lie Told by Big Tech to Justify the Data Center Invasion

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27.07.2026 4

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Mitch Jones

Peace Means We're Not Alone

Peace Means We're Not Alone

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Robert C. Koehler

Corporate Media Failed to Report the Facts and the Stakes of the Prairieland Case

Corporate Media Failed to Report the Facts and the Stakes of the Prairieland Case

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26.07.2026 8

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Dorothee Benz

The Business of War: Trump’s Critical Minerals Grift

The Business of War: Trump’s Critical Minerals Grift

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26.07.2026 10

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Nur Makdisi

The AI Race With China Is a Lie Told by Big Tech to Justify the Data Center Invasion

The AI Race With China Is a Lie Told by Big Tech to Justify the Data Center Invasion

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26.07.2026 7

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Mitch Jones

You Sirs Are the Duplicitous Murderous Failures

You Sirs Are the Duplicitous Murderous Failures

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25.07.2026 8

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Abby Zimet

Capitulation to Trump Is a Losing Strategy, Again

Capitulation to Trump Is a Losing Strategy, Again

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25.07.2026 9

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Steven Harper

Picturing Armageddon: US Government Responses to Nuclear War Movies

Picturing Armageddon: US Government Responses to Nuclear War Movies

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25.07.2026 8

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Jeff Peck

As We Choke and Sweat, Big Oil Is Trying to Buy Its Way Out of Accountability

As We Choke and Sweat, Big Oil Is Trying to Buy Its Way Out of Accountability

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25.07.2026 10

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Basav Sen

When Parents Got Loud, Newsom Had to Listen, But More Still Must Be Done

When Parents Got Loud, Newsom Had to Listen, But More Still Must Be Done

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25.07.2026 10

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Marilynda Bustamente

Lessons from Past Activist Leaders for Today’s Fights for Health and Social Justice

Lessons from Past Activist Leaders for Today’s Fights for Health and Social Justice

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24.07.2026 8

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Nicholas Freudenberb

Backsliding on Climate Could Cost Not Only Elections But Lives

Backsliding on Climate Could Cost Not Only Elections But Lives

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24.07.2026 10

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Emma Buretta

Trump Socks It to the World

Trump Socks It to the World

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24.07.2026 10

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Tom Engelhardt

If the Senate Confirms Todd Blanche, It Will Change Our Lives for the Worse

If the Senate Confirms Todd Blanche, It Will Change Our Lives for the Worse

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24.07.2026 9

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Paul Gordon

Trump's Deadly, Cruel Immigration Policy May Be a Political Failure As Well

Trump's Deadly, Cruel Immigration Policy May Be a Political Failure As Well

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24.07.2026 9

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John Feffer

Trump’s Military Spending Request Is Really Big Money

Trump’s Military Spending Request Is Really Big Money

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23.07.2026 10

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Dean Baker

Who Wants to Be Tied to the Energy of War?

Who Wants to Be Tied to the Energy of War?

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23.07.2026 6

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Martha Molfetas

Voters Are Realizing that Trump Doesn’t Care About Them

Voters Are Realizing that Trump Doesn’t Care About Them

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23.07.2026 8

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Mark Schauer

Our Healthcare System Is Failing; Medicare for All Is the Solution

Our Healthcare System Is Failing; Medicare for All Is the Solution

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23.07.2026 6

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Diljeet K. Singh

We Are Closer Than We Think to Losing Our Wild Neighbors

We Are Closer Than We Think to Losing Our Wild Neighbors

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23.07.2026 10

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Jane Davenport

Samuel Alito's Anger Problem

Samuel Alito's Anger Problem

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23.07.2026 10

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Bill Blum

Congress: Protect Working People's Retirement From Risky Tech Cos Like SpaceX

Congress: Protect Working People's Retirement From Risky Tech Cos Like SpaceX

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22.07.2026 7

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Natalia Renta