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When Raising the Minimum Wage Is a Bad Thing
We cannot accept short-term gains if they mean concessions that undermine our ability to organize over the long haul.
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How Did We Get Here? Reflections on the Transfer of Power From Obama to Trump
One Black individual in an office for eight years clearly does not obviate 200 years of white male succession or racism.
Confronting the Unprecedented Chaos of Trumpland, Fatherhood Edition
The very concept of context has become little more than a bad joke.
Winona LaDuke on New Ways to Keep Pipelines Out of the Great Lakes
The surge of formal opposition to tar sands and fracked oil pipelines shows how Standing Rock resistance has emboldened Great Lakes tribes.
Charles Koch Ramps Up Higher Education Funding to Fuel His Own Interests
Koch has funded higher education since the 1970s — but donations have been ramping up in the past two years.
Chicago’s Lax Enforcement of Minimum Wage Hike Leaves Workers in the Lurch
As the minimum wage rises, some cities have created departments to enforce the new labor laws. Chicago has not.
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New Data Undermine Oil and Gas Industry’s Pipeline Safety Claims
New data raises questions about the industry's optimistic safety claims — in terms of the frequency of pipeline spills and pollution.
Anti-Trump Fervor Stokes Resistance to Louisiana’s Bayou Bridge Pipeline
Advocates of the Bayou Bridge Pipeline say it's part of Trump's America. Resisters are saying no to that vision.
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The First Amendment May Not Protect Us: Trump’s FCC Intensifies Attack on Press
Resistance to Trump must prioritize media reform because without a free press, no other issue will gain traction.
China Is Not to Blame for the Decline of the US Working Class
Workers on both sides of the Pacific are exploited by the same transnational companies and face similar conditions.