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Here’s Who’s Turning Wage Fights Into Grassroots Power at the Ballot Box
Community groups to flex their electoral muscle with a groundswell of support for minimum wage ballot initiatives.
The Oppressive Seeds of the Colin Kaepernick Backlash
Today no one can lynch a professional athlete, so the pressure to conform must be exerted more subtly.
Actor Shailene Woodley: A High-Profile Target in the Fight Over the Dakota Access Pipeline
Shailene Woodley's arrest on Indigenous Peoples Day helped bring attention back to the Dakota Pipeline protests.
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I’m an Anarchist and I Vote
What does it mean for people on the left, who often don't believe in elections or the governments they empower, to engage in the electoral process on practical terms?
More Proof the Drug War Is Not Over
Ramping up criminal penalties for drug misuse will further entrench the poverty and social circumstances driving it.
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Why I Dropped Everything to Head to Standing Rock
All man-made things break, and this pipe, these wells, will break in time.
Our Giant Experiment With “Greed Is Good” Has Failed
when President Ronald Reagan and his free-market cronies came to town in the 1980s, something changed in US corporate culture.
Delusions of Worthy Wars
Our wars have changed the way millions of people live and killed millions who had nothing to do with the crimes of September 11.
The World We Want: An Activist Dispatch From the SOA Watch Convergence
The human rights crisis worsens at the US-Mexico border, and US mainstream politics offer little hope for refugees and migrants.
Anti-Abortion Legislators Feign Concern for Black Families
Republicans who should be reining in police are instead pushing abortion restrictions to “save” Black fetuses.