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Working People Are Fighting Back, Because That's What We Do

Working People Are Fighting Back, Because That's What We Do

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Aidalis Martinez

The New Red Scare Is a Dangerous Distraction From the GOP's Failures

The New Red Scare Is a Dangerous Distraction From the GOP's Failures

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A.j. Schumann

Want to Fix the Economy? Triple Union Membership

Want to Fix the Economy? Triple Union Membership

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Heidi Shierholz

Working People Must Recognize the Reform Limits of Our Economic Model

Working People Must Recognize the Reform Limits of Our Economic Model

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Bruce T. Boccardy

I Spent 32 Years Caring for Children and I Still Can't Afford to Retire—I'm Not Alone

I Spent 32 Years Caring for Children and I Still Can't Afford to Retire—I'm Not Alone

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Cathy Hooker

Cancel Thanksgiving? A Progressive Guide to Handling the Holidays

Cancel Thanksgiving? A Progressive Guide to Handling the Holidays

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Steve Early

You Know Exactly Who Is Torching the Earth and Loving It

You Know Exactly Who Is Torching the Earth and Loving It

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Tom Engelhardt

Gaza Is Still Waiting to Bury Its Dead

Gaza Is Still Waiting to Bury Its Dead

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Mohammed Altaj

Data Centers Are Spreading, But So Is Popular Resistance

Data Centers Are Spreading, But So Is Popular Resistance

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Sonali Kolhatkar

Staying Grounded When the Earth Cracks: On Political Focus in an Age of Overstimulation

Staying Grounded When the Earth Cracks: On Political Focus in an Age of Overstimulation

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Eric Morrison-Smith

Trump's DHS Is Preparing To Engage In Voter Suppression and Intimidation

Trump's DHS Is Preparing To Engage In Voter Suppression and Intimidation

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Jordan Liz

Saving the Republic: Enough Insight Already, It’s Time for Action

Saving the Republic: Enough Insight Already, It’s Time for Action

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Steve Kaagan

Tyrant Trump Is Lucky in the Cowardice of His Enemies

Tyrant Trump Is Lucky in the Cowardice of His Enemies

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Ralph Nader

Feeding the World, Through Policy and Community

Feeding the World, Through Policy and Community

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Rev. Dr. Heber Brown

Trump's Tariffs Ended Up Being Yet Another Regressive Tax on the Working Class

Trump's Tariffs Ended Up Being Yet Another Regressive Tax on the Working Class

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Matthew Gardner

With Nationwide Protections Unlikely, States Need to Step Up for Farmworkers

With Nationwide Protections Unlikely, States Need to Step Up for Farmworkers

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Amy Tamayo

A Moral Monstrosity: Yet More Blood, Hate, Grief

A Moral Monstrosity: Yet More Blood, Hate, Grief

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Abby Zimet

2026 is THE Social Security Election

2026 is THE Social Security Election

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Martin Burns

Democrats Attack Trump’s Venezuela Imperialism... From the Right!

Democrats Attack Trump’s Venezuela Imperialism... From the Right!

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Joseph Bouchard

This Labor Day, Ask Yourself: Whose Side Are You On?

This Labor Day, Ask Yourself: Whose Side Are You On?

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Patrick Moran

Trump's Economic Nationalism Won't Rescue the US Working Class

Trump's Economic Nationalism Won't Rescue the US Working Class

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Seth Sandronsky

In a Trumpian World, Be Like Dolly

In a Trumpian World, Be Like Dolly

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Melissa Dimondstein

Medicare for All: Where We're Going and How We're Getting There

Medicare for All: Where We're Going and How We're Getting There

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Nancy J. Altman

Impeach Pete Hegseth. Do It Today.

Impeach Pete Hegseth. Do It Today.

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Robert Reich

25 Years Ago, 9/11 Triggered a US Crusade of Torture

25 Years Ago, 9/11 Triggered a US Crusade of Torture

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Norman Solomon

Rural Residents Can Learn From the Factor-Farm Rollout to Resist Data Centers

Rural Residents Can Learn From the Factor-Farm Rollout to Resist Data Centers

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Raj Patel

What the Flock? Exposing Big Tech’s Surveillance State

What the Flock? Exposing Big Tech’s Surveillance State

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Tim Karr

Wendell Berry: 'Stay Away From Anything That Obscures the Place It Is In'

Wendell Berry: 'Stay Away From Anything That Obscures the Place It Is In'

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Robert Jensen

How New Federal Grant-Making Rules Will Endanger Survivors

How New Federal Grant-Making Rules Will Endanger Survivors

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Liz Roberts

GOP's Anti-Socialism Resolution Reveals the Party’s Ultra-Reactionary Nature

GOP's Anti-Socialism Resolution Reveals the Party’s Ultra-Reactionary Nature

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C.j. Polychroniou

Venezuela Under Siege: What Should Progressives Do?

Venezuela Under Siege: What Should Progressives Do?

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Roger D. Harris

Venezuela Under Siege: What Should Progressives Do?

Venezuela Under Siege: What Should Progressives Do?

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Roger D. Harris

The People's Arms Embargo

The People's Arms Embargo

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02.09.2026 3

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Macela Carmo dos Santos

The Twin Tragedies of the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace

The Twin Tragedies of the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace

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Connie Peck

On the Heuristics of Fear: The Ecological Catastrophe Scenario

On the Heuristics of Fear: The Ecological Catastrophe Scenario

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Klaus Moegling

The Blessings of Wendell Berry in a World Cursed by Men Like Elon Musk

The Blessings of Wendell Berry in a World Cursed by Men Like Elon Musk

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Bill McKibben

The Best Propaganda Money Can Buy Can't Convince Americans to Like Trump's Iran War

The Best Propaganda Money Can Buy Can't Convince Americans to Like Trump's Iran War

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Juan Cole

Canada and the United States of Coercion

Canada and the United States of Coercion

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Ted Snider

Through Bipartisan Effort, Democrats and Republicans Have Destroyed World Trust in the USA

Through Bipartisan Effort, Democrats and Republicans Have Destroyed World Trust in the USA

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James Zogby

Trump Is Economically Dumb — and That's How You Should Understand His Attempt to Steal Venezuela's Oil

Trump Is Economically Dumb — and That's How You Should Understand His Attempt to Steal Venezuela's Oil

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Dean Baker

Trump Is a Plague on Latin America

Trump Is a Plague on Latin America

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Medea Benjamin

Answer Me This, Hakeem Jeffries: What Do Democrats Stand For?

Answer Me This, Hakeem Jeffries: What Do Democrats Stand For?

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Ralph Nader

Can DSA's Brand of Socialism Attract the Broader Working Class?

Can DSA's Brand of Socialism Attract the Broader Working Class?

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31.08.2026 7

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Les Leopold

'Artificially Fabricated Insanity': Trump Is Nuts—and Makes Us Nutty Too

'Artificially Fabricated Insanity': Trump Is Nuts—and Makes Us Nutty Too

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Robert Reich

Rare Earth Minerals Don't Have to Feed the War Machine

Rare Earth Minerals Don't Have to Feed the War Machine

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Katerina Canyon

How Trump Is Trying to Keep His Iran War From Further Blowing Up in His Face

How Trump Is Trying to Keep His Iran War From Further Blowing Up in His Face

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31.08.2026 6

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Trita Parsi

Opioid Settlement Funds Belong to the Public: Communities Want Healing, Not Punishment

Opioid Settlement Funds Belong to the Public: Communities Want Healing, Not Punishment

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31.08.2026 5

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Kasia Malinawska-Sempruch

A Deadly Glacier Collapse... and All the Future Damage We Could Still Forestall

A Deadly Glacier Collapse... and All the Future Damage We Could Still Forestall

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Bill McKibben

Oh Canada: We Will Neither Cower Nor Bend

Oh Canada: We Will Neither Cower Nor Bend

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30.08.2026 8

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Abby Zimet

Sticking a Jell-O Mold on Life's Pitchforks

Sticking a Jell-O Mold on Life's Pitchforks

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Robert C. Koehler