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A Tale of Two Supermarkets: One Transition Town’s Efforts to Respond to Gentrification
It takes much more than one project or policy to address gentrification. It takes a movement.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership: This Is Not About Ricardo
The Obama administration is lobbying hard for Congress to pass a trade promotion authority and to quickly approve the TPP.
The Worst of All Possible Worlds: Did Market Leninism Win the Cold War?
Instead of the best of all possible worlds, the international community now faces an unholy trinity of authoritarian politics, cutthroat economics and Big Brother surveillance.
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Rethinking Our Takes on Memorial Day: Hecel Lena Oyate Ki Nipi Kte
“In a world built on your destruction and disposability, resilience is resistance.”
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Movement Builders Should Listen to Bernie Sanders: Focus on Mass Action, Not Candidates
He's even started bringing a long-taboo word back into mainstream American political conversation: socialism.
An Open Letter to Obama: If You Want Money for the Climate, Tax Wall Street
An innovative new tax could fund climate transition and help rebuild the social safety net. So why is the White House knocking it?
Paul Krugman | Lies, Not Mistakes, Led to Invasion of Iraq
The crucial thing to understand is that the invasion wasn't a mistake, it was a crime. We were lied into war.
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Of Course Jeb Bush Would Have Invaded Iraq
The former Florida governor gets too much credit for being smarter than his brother.
Capitalism Could Kill All Life on Earth
Capitalism is great at creating profits and products - but it doesn't care about environmental justice.
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A Nuclear Weapons Ban Emerging
Every moment of every day, all of humanity is held hostage by the nuclear nine.