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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.
Slouching Toward Mar-a-Lago: The Post-Cold-War Consensus Collapses
What's the point of being an American?
Is a Healthy Environment a Human Right? Testing the Idea in Appalachia
Do we have a fundamental right to breathe clean air, drink clean water and eat safe food?
Deforestation and Climate Disruption Are Degrading the Amazon, Endangering Our Survival
The Amazon is one of the most important and biodiverse ecosystems, and it is being deforested at an astonishing rate.
The YIMBYs Push Unaffordable Housing
The platforms put forward by a range of “Yes In My Backyard” organizations fit nicely with the interests of real estate developers.