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NAFTA Renegotiation Offers Opportunity to Curtail Corporate Power
How likely is Trump to renegotiate the NAFTA clause that gives his corporate friends power over governments?
The Great Unraveling: Imagining the Shattered World of 2050
In this excerpt from “Splinterlands,” written in the form of a fictitious journal from the year 2050, John Feffer offers a grim speculative account of how the world unraveled.
Ramona Africa Talks MOVE, Liberation and Surviving 1985 Bombing
The US freedom fighter discusses the history of MOVE and what it means to fight for liberation.
We Have the Chance Now to Go Bold on Health Care — and Freedom — for All
The House of Representatives is slated to vote on a health care repeal bill that will gut the Affordable Care Act and end Medicaid as we know it.
Standing Up in Defense of Public Education
It is time to make public our commitment to public education by standing up, rather than standing by.
North Korean Nukes, Russian Interference and American Historical Amnesia
The US has, in recent memory, directly interfered in Russia elections and irrationally sabotaged diplomatic nuclear agreements with North Korea.
Filing Taxes Could Be Free and Simple, but H&R Block and Intuit Are Still Lobbying Against It
The makers online systems spent millions lobbying to permanently bar the government from offering taxpayers prefilled filings.
Trump’s Health Insurance Plan: Making America Wait Again
Too many people still do not have health insurance coverage. TrumpCare will only make it worse.
PR, Profit and “Empowering Women” in the Garment Industry
How can a global garment value chain relying on the devaluation of female labour fulfil promises of empowerment? It can't.
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In Trump Era, a Pattern of Deportation as Retaliation Is Emerging
When Trump launched his presidential campaign, he claimed that undocumented immigrants were fueling a “crime wave.”