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William Rivers Pitt | The GOP Wrecking Machine Takes Aim at the Debt Ceiling, Again
The song, as Led Zeppelin says, remains the same.
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Trump Is Already Profiting From His 2020 Campaign
Trump's 2020 bid is paying for Don Jr.'s lawyer.
An Off-the-Record Genocide: Global Resource Extraction Economy Provides Incentives to Destroy DR Congo Indigenous Groups
Resource extraction interests and corrupt elites are incentivizing genocide of indigenous people in the Congo.
The Standing Rock Lawsuit Started a Year Ago. Here’s Where We Are Now
A recent victory has sent the Army Corps of Engineers back to analyze the environmental justice effects of the Dakota Access pipeline.
Eastham Prisoners Sue Over Deadly Heat and Contaminated Water in Texas
Deadly heat, unsafe water, black mold and cockroaches plague prisoners at many Texas prisons.
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The Largest Fascist Rally in Recent Memory Is Expected This Week — Can the Left Unite Against It?
When far-right organizers take over our cities even a tepid response from progressives would be consent.
Trump’s Pick to Head the FBI Wouldn’t Say Whether He’d Spy on Mosques — the Senate Confirmed Him Anyway
Both the FBI and the Trump administration benefit from self-perpetuating Islamophobia.
Fines for Big Financial Firms Have Plunged Under Trump
The amount of penalties that federal regulators have collected from misbehaving financial firms has declined sharply in the first 200 days of Trump.
Millennials Are Killing the Oil Industry
If there's any other defining trait of millennials, it's that we're a political generation, and lean fairly far to the left.
“We Can’t Let Our Guard Down”: Republicans Could Use Budget as Cudgel Against Medicaid
The Republican effort to cut taxes for the wealthy by terminating health care for poor and middle-class families is very much alive.