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What Would Martin Luther King Jr. Think of This Biden-McCarthy Debt Ceiling Deal?

An agreement in which Pentagon spending was off the table but sharp cuts to programs that provide a lifeline to the nation's most vulnerable...

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Norman Solomon

The US Supreme Court Is Coming for Voting Rights—Again

A pending ruling on in Allen v. Milligan could be one of the most damaging yet by the supermajority of John Roberts' right-wing court.

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Michael Waldman

What Speaker McCarthy Could Learn from Barbara Lee

As debt ceiling negotiations leave defense spending in tact, representative Lee’s lone vote for peace remains a tiny light of courageous hope...

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Robert C. Koehler

The Ukraine War and the Disastrous Pattern of US Intervention

The gung-ho American journalists summoning Ukrainians to punch holes in enemy lines might better serve their readers by reflecting on decades of...

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Andrew Bacevich

Why Are Biden Officials Like Rahm Emanuel Touting False LNG Solutions?

This geopolitical security plea for the Alaska LNG project ignores the Biden administration’s commitment to a 1.5°C aligned pathway to limit...

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Kay Brown

We Must Not Allow Industry Lobbyists to Destroy Global Plastics Treaty

The voices for real solutions to the single-use pollution crisis are being drowned out by the plastic industry’s overwhelming influence and power.

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Alejandra Warren

Ron DeSantis: The Top Fascist Running for President

He’s more dangerous demagogue than Trump because DeSantis knows exactly what he’s doing and where he wants to take the country — into tyranny,...

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Robert Reich

Sara Innamorato Upends Fracking Politics in Pennsylvania

A resounding victory in the primary race to be the next Allegheny County Executive shows that bold candidates can defy conventional wisdom by...

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Megan Mcdonough

Climate Envoy John Kerry’s Disturbing Sci-Fi Approach to the Climate Crisis

When it comes to sustainable farming and the climate crisis, the former Secretary of State seems to be more interested in science fiction than...

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Andrew Kimbrell

A Thing Called Fascism: Wake Up and Fight

Unconscionably belated but still deeply germane: This week Biden urged Americans to "ensure our democracy (and) our decency endures" - this, in a...

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Abby Zimet

Prayer Helped, But It Was Government Aid Which Saved Me From the Ravages of Poverty

The GOP attacks are relentless. I believe that in our hearts, we all want what is fair and right. Most of us believe there should be equal...

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Trish Brown

The White House Cannot Ignore the Islamophobic Watchlist—It Must End It

This whole nightmare of a list might be defensible if it made us safer, but it doesn’t.

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Robert Mccaw

Could It Be Another Victory for Trump?

The answer is yes. The ex-president is the overwhelming favorite to win his party’s nomination. And after that, there is no certainty of what...

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Stephen Eric Bronner

When Will US Join Global Call to End Ukraine War?

Must our leaders take us to the brink of World War III, with all our lives on the line in an all-out nuclear war, before they will permit a...

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Medea Benjamin

Manchin and Biden's Horrible Mountain Valley Pipeline Push

Building more gas pipelines like Mountain Valley does not increase the United States’ security under any definition. It does the opposite.

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Allie Rosenbluth

Why We Need to Abandon Industrial Farming

Many will argue that chemicals are needed to feed the population, but this is a false dilemma.

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Simon Whalley

No Parade for Me: On Getting Memorial Day Wrong

The days has too often and for too many become an expression of faux patriotism that further exploits the sacrifices of the slain and the grief of...

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Camillo Mac Bica

The Hidden Working Class History of the Memorial Day Massacre

In 1937, police killed striking steel workers in Chicago, but the story behind the tragedy was repressed. No more.

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Carol Quirke

Why Postal Banking Can Help Solve So Many Problems at Once

We need a public option for banking that is focused on providing a basic service to people who need it as opposed to satisfying wealthy...

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Annie Norman

Memorial Day Should Be a Solemn Occasion to Value Peace

The U.S. is not in a conventional shooting war, but we are behaving as though we don't care if we fall into one.

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Juan Cole

Will There Ever Be a Criminal Trial for the People Wilfully Destroying Life on Earth?

Fossil fuel executives have funded a massive, 50-year-long campaign to lie to the American people, cloud the science, and buy off Republican...

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Thom Hartmann

The Curious Incuriosity of US Immigration Coverage

Throwing the question of “Why?” into the media’s reporting will help veer the national focus beyond armed paranoia toward finding and...

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Robert C. Koehler

Climate Anxiety Has the Same Solution as Our Climate Emergency: Action.

The trigger of anxiety is not climate truth; it's the unsettling silence of inaction echoing against that truth.

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Simone O&39Donovan

The US Could Soon Have Its First Trillionaire. That's No Cause for Celebration

We should be fearing, not cheering, the prospect of an American trillionaire.

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Bob Lord

Let's Have Work Requirements for the Super Rich and Their Massive Tax Breaks

Current tax rules effectively subsidize investment income of the wealthy that far exceeds the income these individuals earn from work. Time to to...

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Steve Wamhoff

Pandemic Social Programs Saved My Life. Now the GOP Want to Shred What Little Is Left

We know that proper social investments keep us out of poverty, drastically reduce unemployment, and give lifelong positive benefits to children. So...

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Joyce Kendrick

Our Legal System Punishes Defendants and Their Relatives—Before They’re Found Guilty

Many hardships are forced on defendants and their families pre-trial, including the heavy pre-trial financial burdens imposed by the bail system...

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Abigail Richard

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