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A Green New Deal for American Labor?
Significant forces in the labor movement are actively opposed to a Green New Deal.
Former EPA Official Launches Dark Money Group to Promote Trump’s Energy Agenda
Mandy Gunasekara started the Energy 45 Fund after resigning from the Trump administration.
North American Expats Contribute to Inequality in Latin America
Retirees and lifestyle migrants are bringing gentrification and dispossession to local communities.
Teacher Strikes Are Rattling Washington
Teacher pay was front and center at the House Education Committee meeting.
Trump Interior Department Secretary Pick Gutted Protections for Birds
David Bernhardt is determined to reduce regulations and foster Trump's goal of “American energy dominance.”
Amazon HQ2: Why New Yorkers Were Right to Be Skeptical
Companies often agree to create jobs in exchange for economic incentives and then back away from their promises.
Aggressive US Foreign Policy Is Back — in Venezuela
Trump's Venezuela policy has a similar strategic purpose to the 1980s wars in Grenada, Panama and Nicaragua.
Trump’s Broken Promises to the Land of “American Carnage”
The loss of an Ohio General Motors plant is just the latest dispatch from the heartland of Trump's “American carnage.”
Omar Is Being Attacked Because She Poses a Challenge to White Supremacy
When Ilhan Omar was elected to the Congress, it was safe to assume that a fierce racist backlash would follow.
The Shutdown as Shock Doctrine
The right wing could use the shutdown as a pretext to accelerate cuts to public services it deems “inessential.”