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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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04.07.2026 1

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Praveen Fernandes

Progressive Patriotism for America’s 250th Birthday

Progressive Patriotism for America’s 250th Birthday

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04.07.2026 2

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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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04.07.2026 3

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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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04.07.2026 3

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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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04.07.2026 2

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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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03.07.2026 5

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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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03.07.2026 4

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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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03.07.2026 7

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Meg Bostrom

The Gate My Son Drew 30 Times

The Gate My Son Drew 30 Times

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03.07.2026 8

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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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02.07.2026 3

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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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02.07.2026 6

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Michael Waldman

Trump: Grifter in Chief

Trump: Grifter in Chief

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02.07.2026 3

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John Feffer

Hey Trump, Our Ocean Isn't for Sale

Hey Trump, Our Ocean Isn't for Sale

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02.07.2026 5

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Miriam Goldstein

A Hollow Song For a Hollow President

A Hollow Song For a Hollow President

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02.07.2026 4

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Paul Rogat Loeb

Want to See Why the GOP Medicaid Work Requirements Are a Disaster? Look to Arkansas

Want to See Why the GOP Medicaid Work Requirements Are a Disaster? Look to Arkansas

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02.07.2026 7

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Eileen Appelbaum

Who Do You Serve

Who Do You Serve

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Abby Zimet

If Opposing Genocide Does Not Align With Smith's Mission, Values, or Priorities, What Does?

If Opposing Genocide Does Not Align With Smith's Mission, Values, or Priorities, What Does?

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01.07.2026 5

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Jennifer Scarlott

Microplastics Have No Place in Baby Food

Microplastics Have No Place in Baby Food

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01.07.2026 5

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Sybil Bullock

So-Called 'Moderate' Democrats Must Stop Parroting Trump's Red-Scare Rhetoric

So-Called 'Moderate' Democrats Must Stop Parroting Trump's Red-Scare Rhetoric

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01.07.2026 6

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Miles Mogulescu

Small Voices in the Jungle: An Ode to Horton the Elephant and the AI Resistance

Small Voices in the Jungle: An Ode to Horton the Elephant and the AI Resistance

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01.07.2026 3

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Judith Schwartz

When Leaders Forget They Are Stewards

When Leaders Forget They Are Stewards

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01.07.2026 7

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Sonya Halpern

If You Tried to Explain Crazy Old Man Trump Being President It Would Be Too Insane to Believe

If You Tried to Explain Crazy Old Man Trump Being President It Would Be Too Insane to Believe

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01.07.2026 9

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Tom Engelhardt

SCOTUS’ Ruling Spares Birthright Citizenship For Now, But the Battle Is Far From Over

SCOTUS’ Ruling Spares Birthright Citizenship For Now, But the Battle Is Far From Over

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30.06.2026 8

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Jordan Liz

The Supreme Court Just Made Rank Corruption Great Again

The Supreme Court Just Made Rank Corruption Great Again

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30.06.2026 9

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Thom Hartmann

What Is There to Celebrate on the 250th Anniversary of the United States of America?

What Is There to Celebrate on the 250th Anniversary of the United States of America?

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30.06.2026 10

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C.j. Polychroniou

JD Vance's Drunk History

JD Vance's Drunk History

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30.06.2026 7

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Steven Harper

The Supreme Court's Birthday Gift to the US? Killing Off Independent Agencies

The Supreme Court's Birthday Gift to the US? Killing Off Independent Agencies

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Robert Reich