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Striking Against Islamophobia: A Conversation with Bhairavi Desai from the New York Taxi Workers Alliance
Sarah Jaffe interviews Bhairavi Desai, executive director of the New York Taxi Worker's Alliance.
When the Government Really Did Fear a Bowling Green Massacre — From a White Supremacist
Assault rifles, body armor, a possible kill list, but not much attention when feds arrested a white man they said was bent on “race war.”
Trump Administration Delays Listing of Rusty Patched Bumblebee as Endangered
The listing of the nearly extinct bumblebee on the US endangered species list has now been delayed following an executive order by Trump.
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Seventy Activists Arrested While Calling for Ohio University to Be a Sanctuary Campus
Despite arrests and threats of additional punishment, local activists are not backing down.
Translating the White House’s White Words
The words coming from the White House, whether as tweets or executive orders are full of racialized criminal imagery.
Michael Flynn Is Out — Will Trump Be Next?
How big of a mess does Trump have to make before his purported allies throw their hands up and say, “enough”?
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Opioid Overdose Treatment Prices Have Skyrocketed
Senators have begun to examine pharmaceutical pricing with increasing scrutiny.
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Trump’s Trade Reforms Will Not Increase US Wages
Trump's proposals for high tariffs might sound good. But combined with policies that weaken unions, they're not good for wages.
Uber and Lyft’s Trumpian Problem: It’s Not the App, It’s the Exploitation!
Whether or not their CEOs support Trump, Uber and Lyft have an intrinsically Trumpian business model of exploitation.
The Meaning of “1984” and “Brave New World” in These Trumpian Times
Sales of Orwell's “1984” have boomed. How can we read it politically and practically?