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Farmworkers Are Organizing to Resist Trump’s Attacks on Immigrant Workers

Donald Trump rode to reelection on a campaign packed with racist rhetoric that promised mass deportations of immigrants. So far, Trump has...

yesterday 30

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Derek Seidman

Unionized Letter Carriers Organize for Better Than Meager 1.3 Percent Raise

A wave of anger is cresting at post offices across the country. Letter carriers are looking at the big raises that other union members have won —...

yesterday 10

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Alexandra Bradbury

Ben & Jerry’s Sues Parent Company for Silencing Support for Palestine

Ben & Jerry’s has filed a lawsuit against Unilever, claiming its parent company “threatened to dismantle its board and sue its members” if the...

yesterday 5

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Joy Saha

Let’s Translate Our Outrage Over Trumpism Into Action

For many of us, the immediate aftermath of Donald Trump’s decisive electoral victory has been a time of deep despair and mourning. There has been...

yesterday 40

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Mark Engler

Several of the GOP’s Most Fiercely Anti-Trans Candidates Lost Their Elections

It’s been a strange month for transgender political activists in the U.S., as the nation has witnessed a presidential election result with...

yesterday 30

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Lewis Raven Wallace

Activists’ Alternative to COP29 Brings Frontline Communities Together

This article originally appeared in Grist . Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. It took Samoan activist Tunaimati’a Jacob Netzler three...

yesterday 7

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Tik Root

Tlaib: Blinken Must Resign Over Lies About Israel Blocking Humanitarian Aid

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan) is reiterating her call for Secretary of State Antony Blinken to resign after the Biden administration said there...

previous day 10

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Sharon Zhang

Trump Taps Oil Drilling Enthusiast Governor to Oversee Federal Land and Water

President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday that he has chosen billionaire North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, a close ally of the fossil fuel...

previous day 4

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Jake Johnson

Federal Labor Board Rules Against Anti-Union “Captive Audience” Meetings

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a decision on Wednesday barring employers from requiring workers to attend meetings that are...

previous day 4

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Chris Walker

Historian: Israel Weaponizes Memory of the Holocaust to Justify Genocide in Gaza

In the acclaimed new book Gaza Faces History, historian Enzo Traverso challenges Western attitudes toward Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza by...

previous day 9

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Amy Goodman

Missouri Republican Considers Overriding Voters’ Decision on Abortion Rights

On Election Day, voters made Missouri the first state with a total abortion ban after Roe v. Wade to pass a constitutional amendment recognizing...

previous day 8

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Zane Mcneill

Ohio Passes Sweeping Anti-Trans College Bathroom Ban

On Wednesday, Ohio’s legislature became the first in the country to pass an anti-transgender law post-2024 election. The bill, SB104, originally...

previous day 7

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Erin Reed

Even CA Moved Right With Pro-Prison Ballot Measure Funded by Retail Giants

Amid the onslaught of dismal news on Election Day, Californians passed a “tough-on-crime” ballot initiative that will lengthen sentences for...

previous day 10

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Katie Rose Quandt

Trump Picks Conspiracy Theorist RFK Jr. to Oversee the Country’s Public Health

On Thursday, president-elect Donald Trump announced the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a noted anti-vaccination crusader who frequently...

previous day 2

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Chris Walker

Warren Says She Supports Sanders’s Bid to Block Israel Weapons Deal

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) is backing a bid by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) to block a massive weapons transfer to Israel by the...

previous day 5

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Sharon Zhang

How Must We Reorient Our Movements Under a Second Trump Administration?

What will it mean to resist fascism under a second Trump administration? During Trump’s first term, we saw mass marches, blockade actions, and...

previous day 2

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Kelly Hayes

Noncitizens Can’t Vote — 8 States Just Passed Amendments Forbidding It Anyway

This November, a few months after being naturalized as a U.S. citizen, Eloy Tupayachi Salas voted in a U.S. presidential election for the first...

previous day 1

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Aina De Lapparent Alvarez

3 Former Abu Ghraib Detainees Awarded $42 Mil in Damages Against U.S. Contractor

A Virginia-based defense contractor has been ordered to pay $42 million to three torture victims held at Abu Ghraib prison during the early years...

thursday 10

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Chris Walker

“An Imagination Party”: How My Toddler Fuels My Vision for Liberation

The following piece is an excerpt from the forthcoming anthology, We Grow the World Together: Parenting Toward Abolition, which I edited in...

thursday 20

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Maya Schenwar

Durbin Demands Gaetz Ethics Report Be Given to Senate for AG Confirmation

Following the abrupt resignation of Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz from the U.S. House of Representatives — shortly after he was nominated by...

thursday 1

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Chris Walker

Sandy Hook Families Help Satirical News Site The Onion to Purchase InfoWars

In a move that could understandably be mistaken as one of the site’s famous headlines, the satirical “news” outlet The Onion has purchased the...

thursday 2

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Chris Walker

UN Report: Israel’s Tactics in Gaza Are “Consistent With Genocide”

A UN special committee has found that Israel’s tactics of starvation and mass civilian slaughter in Gaza are “consistent with genocide,” in one...

thursday 3

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Sharon Zhang

Trump’s Pick of Loyalist Matt Gaetz for AG Signals Intent to Weaponize DOJ

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated far-right Florida Congressmember Matt Gaetz to serve as his attorney general. The selection of Gaetz, a...

thursday 5

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Amy Goodman

Sanders Plans Floor Vote on Joint Resolutions Blocking US Arms Sales to Israel

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders announced Wednesday his intention to bring a floor vote on resolutions aimed at blocking a series of proposed arms sales...

thursday 3

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Brett Wilkins

Biden Is Pushing a Massive Nuclear Energy Expansion. Will Trump Follow Through?

This story was originally published by Grist . Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is no fan of...

thursday 3

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Jake Bittle

Trump Reelection Looms Over COP29 as Climate Conference Continues to Disappoint

For decades, making progress on global climate action has felt like trying to tunnel through a mountain with only a spoon and some elbow grease....

thursday 1

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Schuyler Mitchell

Trump’s Appointments Reflect a More Openly Hawkish Face of US Empire

After mounting his comeback win against Kamala Harris, Donald Trump has already announced a slew of administration appointments. Compared to other...

thursday 1

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Sam Rosenthal

Trump Announces Elon Musk Will Lead New Department Created to Gut Regulations

President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Elon Musk — the world’s richest man, a megadonor to the Republican’s campaign, and a...

13.11.2024 2

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Jake Johnson

52 House Democrats Voted for Defeated Bill Enabling Trump Assault on Nonprofits

Legislation that would have handed President-elect Donald Trump sweeping power to investigate and shutter news outlets, government watchdogs,...

13.11.2024 3

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Jake Johnson

COP29 Leader Caught on Tape Pushing Oil and Gas Deals

Image Credit: Aziz Karimov / Getty Images The U.N. climate summit known as COP29 is underway in Baku, Azerbaijan, where negotiators are trying to...

13.11.2024 4

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Amy Goodman

Trump Taps Fossil Fuel Ally to Head EPA, Push Anti-Environment Agenda

Environmental defenders are raising alarm over Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, former New York Congressmember...

13.11.2024 3

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Amy Goodman

Democratic Governors Form Coalition to Resist “Threats of Autocracy” Under Trump

Govs. J.B. Pritzker, D-Ill. and Jared Polis, D-Colo., have formed a coalition of fellow state-level executives to resist “increasing threats of...

13.11.2024 2

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Nicholas Liu

Demand for Abortion Pills and Emergency Contraception Surges After Trump’s Win

The U.S. saw a dramatic increase in demand for reproductive health medications following the reelection of Donald Trump last week, with many...

13.11.2024 2

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Zane Mcneill

Here Are the Pro-Israel Warhawks Trump Is Likely to Appoint

Donald Trump is picking a number of pro-Israel voices to join his incoming cabinet. His selections, some of which have officially been made and...

13.11.2024 5

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Michael Arria

Here Are Five Media-Related Actions We Can All Take Before Inauguration Day

In journalism circles, we often speak about our work in abstract ideals. Transparency. Accountability. Democracy. Truth. All of these ideals are...

13.11.2024 4

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Maya Schenwar

Not Everyone Can Leave: Survival Advice From Trans Teens in Texas

“The hostility has always been there,” Paul told me. “But I feel like it truly began to ramp up like 2020.” A 16-year-old student at a large...

13.11.2024 4

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Marisol Cortez

Our Best Option for Defending Ourselves From Trump’s Second Term Is Each Other

When Trump was elected in 2016, the ACLU’s website featured a photo of him and the words “We’ll See You in Court.” They also rolled out an...

12.11.2024 20

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Dean Spade

Old Forests Are Being Cut at Faster Pace Since Biden’s Order Protecting Them

Co-published with Oregon Public Broadcasting . This article was originally published at ProPublica . ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning...

12.11.2024 3

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April Ehrlich

Trump’s Mass Deportation Plans Send Private Prison Stocks Soaring

Incoming President Trump’s vow to deport millions of undocumented immigrants when he starts his term has sent private prison stocks soaring....

12.11.2024 40

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Amy Goodman

Trump Isn’t Hiding Plan to Use Military to Quash Protests and Deport Immigrants

Employing federal troops to suppress domestic protests and deport immigrants from U.S. soil en masse would be illegal, but Donald Trump has been...

12.11.2024 80

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Marjorie Cohn

Trump Picks White Nationalist Stephen Miller to Carry Out Anti-Immigrant Agenda

Several sources have indicated that President-elect Donald Trump will appoint key cabinet and advisory picks with vicious anti-immigrant views for...

12.11.2024 4

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Chris Walker

Judge Blocks Louisiana Law Requiring 10 Commandments in Every Classroom

A federal judge has blocked a state law in Louisiana that aimed to require that the Ten Commandments be prominently displayed in classrooms,...

12.11.2024 5

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Chris Walker

Climate Groups Decry Dutch Court’s Reversal of Shell Ruling as “Setback”

Climate campaigners didn’t sugarcoat their reactions to a Dutch court decision on Tuesday that overturned a landmark 2021 ruling ordering the oil...

12.11.2024 4

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Jake Johnson

Aid Entering Gaza “At Its Lowest Level in Months” as Israel Ignores US Deadline

As the deadline set by the Biden administration last month for Israel to step up aid deliveries to Gaza passed on Tuesday, human rights groups...

12.11.2024 2

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Julia Conley

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