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Even the Right to an Attorney Comes With a Price Tag: 21st Century Debtors’ Prisons
The mass incarceration system in the United States is structured to make poverty itself a crime.
Why Rural America Isn’t a Lost Cause for Progressive Ideas
Too often, liberal candidates write off red states.
Why Did ICE Want to Silence Haitian Immigrant Rights Activist Jean Montrevil?
Authorities are stepping up their attack on political dissenters.
Activists Are Using the Super Bowl Spotlight on the Twin Cities to Draw Attention to Affordable Housing
Activists are using the spotlight to draw attention to affordable housing and corporate mistreatment.
Why People Love “Assistance to the Poor” but Hate “Welfare”
What's the difference between “welfare” and “assistance”?
Medicare-for-All Proponents Warn Against Billionaires’ Plan to “Disrupt” Health Care Industry
This is a sharp turn away from a single-payer health care system.
In Retrospect: Public Intellectuals and Activists Weigh In on the Tet Offensive 50 Years Later
The US is still peddling illusions of winnable wars.
The US Is Criminalizing Immigrants and Punishing Them for Being Poor
Both parties are politicizing immigration for their gain.
William Rivers Pitt | None of This Is Normal, State of the Union Edition
All the common components were there, except the man in the middle.
The People vs. the Democratic Establishment: The Coming Attack on Progressive Candidates
Sanders and Warren will be prime targets for DNC attacks.