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Will Pete Hegseth’s Nomination Bring Us Closer to Mutually Assured Destruction?

Will Pete Hegseth’s Nomination Bring Us Closer to Mutually Assured Destruction?

Hegseth seems to represent the attitude that security is about being the toughest guy out there, security is about winning, and the pursuit of...

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Robert C. Koehler

Pro-Rich Tax Loopholes Are Turning the American Dream Into the American Nightmare

Pro-Rich Tax Loopholes Are Turning the American Dream Into the American Nightmare

Those with the power to act need to finally wake up, to insist that corporations and the wealthy pay their fair share.

yesterday 1

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Gerald Scorse

Gas Export Terminals Are Making Texas and Louisiana Sick: We Must Stop It

Gas Export Terminals Are Making Texas and Louisiana Sick: We Must Stop It

Now is the time to make our voices heard before the haze, smog, and soot choke the sky for good and while there is still time remaining for the...

yesterday 1

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James Hiatt

The Urgency of Interracial Solidarity in a Divided Nation

The Urgency of Interracial Solidarity in a Divided Nation

By pitting Black and Brown communities against each other, shadow actors promote the false notion that democracy and equality are in competition...

yesterday 1

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Brenda Victoria Castillo

The LA Fires Show the Price of Climate Inaction

The LA Fires Show the Price of Climate Inaction

Measures like controlled burns, increased funding for fire departments, and more thoughtful residential planning can help California going forward,...

yesterday 0

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Farrah Hassen

Cease-Fire in Gaza: A Tale of Trump's Illusion and Biden's Failure

Cease-Fire in Gaza: A Tale of Trump's Illusion and Biden's Failure

Biden and his team will not be remembered for brokering peace but for enabling and facilitating policies that allowed Israel’s genocide to...

yesterday 1

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Jamal Kanj

Beyond Authoritarian Rage:The Cultural Will to Democracy

Beyond Authoritarian Rage:The Cultural Will to Democracy

While the slide into authoritarianism has perhaps reached the point of no return, which we cannot know for certain, now might instead be regarded...

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Robert Ivie

No, Biden Wasn’t Unable to Stop the Gaza War—He Was in on It

No, Biden Wasn’t Unable to Stop the Gaza War—He Was in on It

The truth of the matter is that every day for the past year, Biden could have secured a cease-fire by using America’s vast leverage, and every day...

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Trita Parsi

Improved Medicare for All Can Heal This Sick Country

Improved Medicare for All Can Heal This Sick Country

A system that collects money from patients and employers then profits by withholding the promised care is not a business but a fraudulent,...

previous day 10

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Kay Tillow

Fossil Fuel 'Oil-Garchs' Reap Billions in Payback for Trump Support

Fossil Fuel 'Oil-Garchs' Reap Billions in Payback for Trump Support

A new report tracks the monthly wealth of fossil fuel billionaires.

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Chuck Collins

H.R. 29 Is for Advancing Corporate Greed, Not Protecting Americans

H.R. 29 Is for Advancing Corporate Greed, Not Protecting Americans

This bill would strip judges of discretion and require immigrants to be detained and subject to deportation if they’re accused—not even...

previous day 5

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Sulma Arias

Bondi’s Non-Answer on the 14th Amendment Speaks Volumes

Bondi’s Non-Answer on the 14th Amendment Speaks Volumes

What Trump's nominee to be Attorney General claims she doesn't know about birthright citizenship should frighten us all.

previous day 1

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Orion Hall

Ooof: Clown Alert With Popcorn

Ooof: Clown Alert With Popcorn

In another class move from perennially envious 12-year-old Fuhrer-elect Trump, he announced MAGA actors Jon Voight, Mel Gibson and Sylvester...

previous day 2

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Abby Zimet

US Pressure Made a Gaza Cease-Fire Possible; Will Trump Maintain It?

US Pressure Made a Gaza Cease-Fire Possible; Will Trump Maintain It?

The United States holds immense leverage over Israel. It is crucial to question whether the Trump administration will use it effectively to ensure...

previous day 5

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Stephen Semler

The TikTok Ban Is Discriminatory and Unlawful. Here’s Why.

The TikTok Ban Is Discriminatory and Unlawful. Here’s Why.

What Congress is telling the world is that being a person or company that simply has origins in Asia is enough to be labeled a national security...

previous day 4

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Cynthia Choi

Six Ways the Democrats Elected Trump... Again

Six Ways the Democrats Elected Trump... Again

It didn't have to be this way. And yet the Democratic Party's failures were easy to see every step of the way. Let us count the ways.

thursday 4

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Les Leopold

The Cease-Fire Won’t Put an End to Palestinian Oppression

The Cease-Fire Won’t Put an End to Palestinian Oppression

Early signs already indicate that the second Trump administration will, at the very least, further enable illegal Israeli expansion, especially...

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Richard Mcdaniel

Our Plan to Stop Trump and Musk From Destroying Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid

Our Plan to Stop Trump and Musk From Destroying Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid

We are demanding that every member of Congress, starting with the members of the DOGE Caucus, pledge to protect Social Security, Medicare, and...

thursday 1

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Alex Lawson

Trump’s Pick For AG Perfectly Exemplifies His MO—Cronyism and Corruption

Trump’s Pick For AG Perfectly Exemplifies His MO—Cronyism and Corruption

Pam Bondi has a worrying history of receiving support from corporate actors before seemingly using her power to shield them from legal action.

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Emma Marsano

It’s Long Past Time to End Subminimum Wages for Disabled Workers

It’s Long Past Time to End Subminimum Wages for Disabled Workers

Segregated, subminimum wage jobs deprive disabled people of the chance to know what we’re capable of when our needs are valued and met.

thursday 1

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Dom Kelly

Even the Longest Winters End: A Dispatch From Gaza

Even the Longest Winters End: A Dispatch From Gaza

The psychological weight of these days and sleepless nights is as heavy as the biting cold. The tent, though it offers minimal shelter, feels like...

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Sara Hegy

The World Stayed Silent as Israel Destroyed Gaza 'for Generations to Come'

The World Stayed Silent as Israel Destroyed Gaza 'for Generations to Come'

One wonders if the world had paid even the slightest attention to Gaza and the cries of people trapped behind walls, barbed wire, and electric...

15.01.2025 10

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Ramzy Baroud

Right-Wing Control of Media Has Crushed the Promise of US Democracy

Right-Wing Control of Media Has Crushed the Promise of US Democracy

If progressives want to slow this speeding train heading toward single-party rule of America, they must get with the program and begin to support...

15.01.2025 10

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Thom Hartmann

What Trump’s Covid-19 Malfeasance Warns Us About the Next Epidemics

What Trump’s Covid-19 Malfeasance Warns Us About the Next Epidemics

With confirmation hearings soon to begin for Kennedy and other healthcare department heads with similar views about to begin, the threat of future...

15.01.2025 2

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Chuck Idelson

Even as LA Burns, Most of Us Are Not 'There' Yet on Climate

Even as LA Burns, Most of Us Are Not 'There' Yet on Climate

Millions more people will die before anything close to enough "there-ness" occurs throughout the populace to prompt enough people to stand for change.

15.01.2025 2

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David Goldstein

How US Media Hide Truths About the Gaza War

How US Media Hide Truths About the Gaza War

Despite exceptional coverage at times, what was most profoundly important about war in Gaza—what it was like to be terrorized, massacred, maimed,...

15.01.2025 5

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Norman Solomon

Senator Strangelove and the Brink of Nuclear Armageddon

Senator Strangelove and the Brink of Nuclear Armageddon

The former senator’s continuing prominence in debates over nuclear policy is a testament to our historical amnesia about the risks posed by...

15.01.2025 1

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William Hartung

3 Reasons the Senate Should Reject Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense

3 Reasons the Senate Should Reject Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense

I will protest the nomination of Fox News commentator and Trump’s buddy Pete Hegseth to lead the DOD over sexual assault allegations, his views...

14.01.2025 10

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Ann Wright

Trump’s HUD Secretary and Our Reverse Robin Hood Housing System

Trump’s HUD Secretary and Our Reverse Robin Hood Housing System

A Trump-Turner housing agenda appears destined to continue the worst aspects of our nation’s approach to affordable housing: a relentless diversion...

14.01.2025 7

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Fran Quigley

Pete Hegseth Should Not Be the Person Advising Trump on Whether to Use Nukes

Pete Hegseth Should Not Be the Person Advising Trump on Whether to Use Nukes

Given serious concerns about his qualifications, dangerous beliefs and values, and lack of meaningful track record, Hegseth is a poor choice for...

14.01.2025 8

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Laura Grego

Israel's Co-Pilot for Genocide: The US Government

Israel's Co-Pilot for Genocide: The US Government

With scant political opposition, the new Republican-controlled Congress and Trump White House will undoubtedly only double down on material support...

14.01.2025 1

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Stan Cox

While Los Angeles Burns, the L.A. Rams are Shilling for Shell

While Los Angeles Burns, the L.A. Rams are Shilling for Shell

One of the Rams’ corporate sponsors is an affiliate of Shell Oil, one of the worst carbon polluters on the planet.

14.01.2025 1

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Elliott Negin