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When Will the US Truly Face War's Moral Consequences?

When Will the US Truly Face War's Moral Consequences?

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Robert C. Koehler

Rachel, Aysenur, Anne, Bisan: A Girl’s Guide to Genocide

Rachel, Aysenur, Anne, Bisan: A Girl’s Guide to Genocide

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Hayley Margolis

The Pro-Palestine Movement Is Rewriting the Rules of US Politics

The Pro-Palestine Movement Is Rewriting the Rules of US Politics

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Ramzy Baroud

Global South Debt Relief Benefits Everyone

Global South Debt Relief Benefits Everyone

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Aldo Caliari

Democrats Rally Around ‘Affordability,’ But ‘Precarity’ Is a Better Slogan

Democrats Rally Around ‘Affordability,’ But ‘Precarity’ Is a Better Slogan

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Sergio Infante

Cut the Pentagon, Save the Planet: The $1.5 Trillion Climate Solution We Can’t Ignore

Cut the Pentagon, Save the Planet: The $1.5 Trillion Climate Solution We Can’t Ignore

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Aaron Kirshenbaum

ICE Kills, DHS Lies: The New Normal of Trump’s America

ICE Kills, DHS Lies: The New Normal of Trump’s America

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Jordan Liz

Big Oil Is Heating Us to Death and Telling Us It's Our Fault

Big Oil Is Heating Us to Death and Telling Us It's Our Fault

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Emma Buretta

Trump's Latest Corruption: Hijacking Social Security

Trump's Latest Corruption: Hijacking Social Security

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Alex Lawson

Veterans, Military Members, and Families Marched Against Fascism and War on July 4

Veterans, Military Members, and Families Marched Against Fascism and War on July 4

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Gerry Condon

An Open Letter to NATO: The False Promise of Militarized Security

An Open Letter to NATO: The False Promise of Militarized Security

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Curtis F.j. Doebbler

US and Iran Test Each Other's Red Lines Over Strait of Hormuz

US and Iran Test Each Other's Red Lines Over Strait of Hormuz

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Trita Parsi

4 Years After Dobbs, Abortion Is Still on the Ballot

4 Years After Dobbs, Abortion Is Still on the Ballot

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Amanda Zurawski

What I Saw When I Stopped Pretending

What I Saw When I Stopped Pretending

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Mercedez

Drone Warfare Turns Oil From a Resource Into a Liability

Drone Warfare Turns Oil From a Resource Into a Liability

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Bill McKibben

Pressure Rises on Home Depot to Address ICE Raids at Stores

Pressure Rises on Home Depot to Address ICE Raids at Stores

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Salvador G

The US Navy’s 'Killer' Submarine Is Participating in RIMPAC 2026

The US Navy’s 'Killer' Submarine Is Participating in RIMPAC 2026

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Ann Wright

Colorado Needs to Give Gabe Evans the Boot

Colorado Needs to Give Gabe Evans the Boot

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Donna Smith

David Valadao Was the Deciding Vote for Trump’s Big Ugly Bill. Randy Villegas has a Plan to Defeat Him

David Valadao Was the Deciding Vote for Trump’s Big Ugly Bill. Randy Villegas has a Plan to Defeat Him

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Jon Bauman

18 Months Later, Our Fight to Clean Up Elon's DOGE Mess Continues

18 Months Later, Our Fight to Clean Up Elon's DOGE Mess Continues

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Nancy Trevino

Chin Up: The Left Has a Bright Future

Chin Up: The Left Has a Bright Future

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Chris Wright

Fire Any Financial Advisor Who Tells You to Utilize a Trump Account

Fire Any Financial Advisor Who Tells You to Utilize a Trump Account

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Dean Baker

All the Feelings: Nothing Is Fixed In Its Place

All the Feelings: Nothing Is Fixed In Its Place

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Abby Zimet

A Military Flyover Country Turns 250

A Military Flyover Country Turns 250

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Bita Iuliano

This President From Hell's Destruction Will Last a Very Long Time

This President From Hell's Destruction Will Last a Very Long Time

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Tom Engelhardt

Fascist Trump Plays the Communist Card

Fascist Trump Plays the Communist Card

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Robert Reich

God No Longer Blesses War: Ask the Children

God No Longer Blesses War: Ask the Children

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Robert C. Koehler

My Conversation With Karl Marx About Donald Trump

My Conversation With Karl Marx About Donald Trump

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Norman Solomon

Attacks on Immigrant Communities Are Attacks on All of Our Health

Attacks on Immigrant Communities Are Attacks on All of Our Health

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Anthony Wright

1,000 Days of Genocide: The Legend of Gaza That Puts the World to Shame

1,000 Days of Genocide: The Legend of Gaza That Puts the World to Shame

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Shaimaa Eid

Trump Is Acting Like Senator Joe McCarthy on Steroids

Trump Is Acting Like Senator Joe McCarthy on Steroids

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Ralph Nader

Killing Trust: The Parlor Games of John Roberts’ Court

Killing Trust: The Parlor Games of John Roberts’ Court

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Kirk Freudenburg

Kick the Democratic Establishment While They're Down

Kick the Democratic Establishment While They're Down

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Corbin Trent

US Revolutionaries Had 1 Huge Advantage: They Didn’t Have to Fight Off the US

US Revolutionaries Had 1 Huge Advantage: They Didn’t Have to Fight Off the US

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Glenn Sacks

2026 Democratic Primaries Prove Failings of the 2024 DNC Autopsy

2026 Democratic Primaries Prove Failings of the 2024 DNC Autopsy

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Jamal Kanj

Toward Dialogue and Survival in a Perilous Time

Toward Dialogue and Survival in a Perilous Time

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Joseph Gerson

Why Would President Trump Want to Celebrate the Declaration of Independence?

Why Would President Trump Want to Celebrate the Declaration of Independence?

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Praveen Fernandes

Progressive Patriotism for America’s 250th Birthday

Progressive Patriotism for America’s 250th Birthday

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Peter Dreier

As America Turns 250, Its Attention to Continued Survival Fades and Fractures

As America Turns 250, Its Attention to Continued Survival Fades and Fractures

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Richard Heinberg

A Citizen's Declaration of Independence for July 4, 2026

A Citizen's Declaration of Independence for July 4, 2026

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John Raby

America at 250 Should Not Put Citizenship Behind a Paywall

America at 250 Should Not Put Citizenship Behind a Paywall

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Richard T. Herman

Happy 250th Birthday, American Democracy—You're Under Attack!

Happy 250th Birthday, American Democracy—You're Under Attack!

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Mitchell Zimmerman

By Upholding State Bans on Transgender Athletes, the Supreme Court Bowed to Bigotry

By Upholding State Bans on Transgender Athletes, the Supreme Court Bowed to Bigotry

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Anna Posbergh

Are We Willing to Actually Tax Billionaires or ​Only Willing to Talk About It​?

Are We Willing to Actually Tax Billionaires or ​Only Willing to Talk About It​?

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Ro Khanna

America's First Big Idea Was Accountability

America's First Big Idea Was Accountability

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Isabel Munilla

Common Sense in 2026: No More Retreat—We Must Fulfill the Promise of America

Common Sense in 2026: No More Retreat—We Must Fulfill the Promise of America

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Alan Minsky

America Works Best When We the People Are in Charge

America Works Best When We the People Are in Charge

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Meg Bostrom

The Gate My Son Drew 30 Times

The Gate My Son Drew 30 Times

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Mahmoud Ibrahim

The Right Uses ‘Religious Freedom’ to Attack Trans People—What About Mine?

The Right Uses ‘Religious Freedom’ to Attack Trans People—What About Mine?

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Eli Williams-Szenes

The Supreme Court's 2026 Term Was a Power Grab in Legal Garb

The Supreme Court's 2026 Term Was a Power Grab in Legal Garb

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Michael Waldman