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Big Data Is a Bad Idea: Why AI Factory Farms Will Not Save Rural America

AI data centers have been added to the limited menu for economic development in marginalized US communities, but people in those communities have...

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John Peck

Why February 6 Could Bring Us Closer to Nuclear Annihilation

When a key treaty expires on February 5, Russian and American leaders will face no barriers whatsoever to the expansion of their nuclear arsenals...

yesterday 3

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Michael T. Klare

Congress Spends Money to Kill and Maim Abroad, But Not to Heal at Home

$30 billion of federal spending for ACA subsidies is a drop in the bucket of a $1 trillion defense budget.

yesterday 3

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Seth Sandronsky

Renee Good's Murder: A Rorschach Test About Defiance, Vulnerability, and Community

At the heart of this test lie two irreconcilable viewpoints: those who align themselves with armed agents and the task of protecting America from...

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Jordan Liz

As 2026 Begins, the Pendulum Is Swinging Toward War and Oppression

Even though many things are currently moving in the wrong direction, there are also reasons for hope and prospects for positive developments.

yesterday 3

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Klaus Moegling

Trump, Vance, and Noem Launch a Preemptive Strike Against the Truth

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Steven Harper

Will Employers Invest in Our Kids?An Interview with Nancy Folbre

Children are getting more expensive for parents even as investment in future workers is becoming less cost-effective for employers. What should be...

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C.j. Polychroniou

Whatever Socialism's Sins, It's Capitalism That Threatens Life on Earth

The question is no longer whether this system is failing us, but whether we are willing to confront the power structures that depend on that failure.

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Simon Whalley

More and More Americans Want to Abolish ICE

Even before the Minneapolis shooting, polls showed public support for dropping Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

previous day 10

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Martin Burns

Trump Is Just the Latest Strongman to Think He Can Control Venezuela

Again and again, external actors arrive convinced that this time, through capital, force, or expertise, they have finally grasped what Venezuela is...

previous day 10

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George Cassidy Payne

Canada, Stop Using the US to Launder Complicity With the Gaza Genocide

Canada, despite claiming to have imposed an arms embargo, continues to fuel the violence unabated, its factories producing fighter jet components,...

previous day 10

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Anne Kamath

The Venezuela Attack Is Part of Trump's Quest to Be the World's No. 1 Bad Hombre

For Trump, peace negotiations and military strikes are simply the means to an end. He wants to exert power over as much of the world as he can reach.

saturday 10

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John Feffer

Ex-Presidents, What More Do You Need to See Before Calling for Trump's Impeachment?

Just what are you waiting for? What are your escapist excuses?

saturday 10

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Ralph Nader

From Venezuela to Minneapolis, Protest Matters—Keep It Up!

More public pressure can blunt the Trump administration’s authoritarian ambitions.

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Jason Pramas

The US Is Committing Terrorism in Venezuela; Why Will Nobody Say That?

Despite the candor with which US officials have stated their intent “to intimidate or coerce” Venezuelans and Cubans, US reporters and commentators...

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Kevin Young

Fucking Bitch

It was shocking how quickly the psychopaths in power launched their vicious lies about Renée Good—"violent rioter," "domestic terrorist," "self-...

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Abby Zimet

Published 250 Years Ago Today, Thomas Paine's Common Sense Must Inspire Us Again

With a document that speaks powerfully to our current crisis, Paine emboldened his fellow citizens-to-be to turn their colonial rebellion into a...

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Harvey J. Kaye

The FEMA Workers Fired on New Year’s Eve Won’t Be There for the Next Hurricane

You can’t save lives and rebuild communities while gutting FEMA’s workforce and keeping the agency under incompetent and overtly political control...

saturday 4

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Rafael Lemaitre

The Nation Responds to a 'Truly Terrifying' Week

2026 began with the emergence of a new American colonial empire abroad and the deadly escalation of Trump’s cruel, racist anti-immigrant program at...

saturday 4

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Chuck Idelson

Trump Wants $6 Trillion Tax Hike to Fund $600 Billion in New War Spending

It’s good to see an old man suffering from dementia enjoying himself, but there are much cheaper and less deadly ways to entertain such a person.

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Dean Baker

Renee Good Died From the Kind of State Violence Our Founders Warned Against

When state authority stops serving the people but instead lords over them, stops being questioned by the media and the people, and stops fearing...

09.01.2026 10

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Thom Hartmann

Rodriguez or Trump: Who Is Really Running Venezuela?

Will Delcy Rodriguez govern the country as a compliant and coerced US puppet, or as the leader of an undefeated and independent Venezuela?

09.01.2026 5

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Medea Benjamin

Funded by Our Own Tax Dollars, American Fascism Is Here

Civil disobedience is a moral requirement now. We do more after Renee Nicole Good's murder, not less.

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Emese Ilyés

War-Making Belongs to Congress―and the Oil Belongs to the People of Venezuela

The question is not whether a particular president’s motives are sincere, nor whether a foreign government is flawed. The question is whether the...

09.01.2026 5

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Angel Gomez

The Killing of Renee Good Should Change How We Talk About ICE

Renee Good deserved to live. Her death should not be explained away or absorbed into process language. It requires accountability.

08.01.2026 3

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Suleiman Adan