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Why the Refugee Acceptance Movement Must Become an Anti-Imperialist Movement
In order to understand the refugee crisis, we must examine the US role in creating instability and chaos in Iraq and Syria.
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What the GOP Is Putting Under Corporate America’s Tree
This year-end tax package is a grab bag of gifts for corporations and a lump of coal for working families.
It’s Time to Fire Trump
How, in 2015, can anyone running on a racist, xenophobic ticket find any support at all?
Bernie Sanders and the Limits of Electoral Politics
Bernie Sanders has progressives wondering if his presidential campaign can help build a sustainable working-class movement.
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Imprisoned Immigrant Hunger Strikers Face Abuse as Their Health Deteriorates
Asylum seekers are being detained for prolonged periods of time without parole in detention centers that often violate their basic human rights.
The Cops of COP21: Arrests at the Paris Climate Talks
The armed guards are to protect heads of state and corporations, not the victims of either so called terrorism or climate change.
Pro-Logging “Rider” Bill Would Allow Clear-Cutting in US National Forests
Members of Congress are proposing to make a generous gift to the logging industry.
Saudi Women Take to the Political Arena – Even if It Means Sitting in the Back Seat
Getting to the polls in a country that forbids them from driving is the biggest challenge for Saudi women.
Economic Elites Will Only Give Up Power and Wealth When Forced to Do So
It's time to face up to runaway economic inequality - what causes it, what it's doing to us and what we can do about it.
US Ground War in Syria? What Would Robert Gates Say?
In Syria, the likely choices are diplomacy now or ground war later.