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“Nestlé Is Trying to Break Us”: A Pennsylvania Town Fights Predatory Water Extraction
Pennsylvania residents are fighting Nestle's attempts to construct a water extraction operation in their community — and winning.
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Dean Baker | Scamming US Veterans: Efforts to Privatize Veterans Administration’s Health System
Right-wing groups are inventing scandals around Veteran Administration's hospitals in order to advance an agenda of privatizing the system.
Redefining What’s Possible for Labor
Our best weapon to combat wealth inequality remains a strong union contract, but innovative direct action is also needed.
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The Irish Socialist Who Organized an Uprising
On the 100th anniversary of a failed rebellion in Ireland, many on the left will commemorate the revolt's leader, James Connolly.
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Twelve Prominent Climate Deniers Who Weren’t Always That Way
Some politicians have abruptly decided that everything they've heard from scientists about climate change is wrong.
This Industry Is Literally Making a Killing
Big money in politics doesn't just drive inequality — it also fuels war.
Studies Show Austerity Policies Exacerbate US Suicide Epidemic
Numerous studies have found a strong connection between right-wing economic policies and suicide.
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The Real Revolutionaries
Perhaps we'll learn more about Bob Marley's “real revolutionaries” and whether Sanders fits the bill.
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Weimar Redux: Trump, Cruz and the New Fascism
In the Trump-Cruz square-off, each is simply one side of the same ideological coin.
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How to Educate a Generation of Syrian Refugees? Makeshift Classrooms and the Teacher Next Door
In response to overcrowded public schools in countries neighboring Syria, caravan schools provide refugees with free education to keep them from falling behind.