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Trump Says 42 Million Want to Come Here. But 52 Million Want Out.
Emerging from his White House cocoon, Trump tries to recover some momentum with a bunch of freshly baked lies.
Study Shows Richest 0.00025 Percent Owns More Wealth Than Bottom 150 Million Americans
Many 2020 presidential candidates are pushing taxation on the rich to reduce the US's staggering inequality.
Michael Bloomberg Versus the Green New Deal
Bloomberg is an unapologetic advocate of fracking and natural gas who has huge investments in fossil fuels.
Cities Across US Are Stripping Homeless People of Their Autonomy
Politicians in San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego are attacking the self-determination of homeless people.
In Haiti, Climate Aid Comes With Strings Attached
Perhaps no people know better than Haitians just how dangerous, destructive and destabilizing climate change can be.
Anticipating Another Trump Shutdown, Airport Workers Plan Mass Protests
Air traffic controllers and other airport workers were widely credited for ending the longest shutdown in US history.
Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal Is a Product of Youth Uprising
Activists have made it clear -- politicians can get on board with the Green New Deal or “fade into oblivion.”
ICE Is Force-Feeding Prisoners on Hunger Strike
Nine immigrants at an El Paso prison are protesting their detainment and mistreatment by guards.
Campaign to Defend Mexico’s Sacred Lake Changes Global Activism
Indigenous wisdom provided an effective counternarrative to stop a mega-airport project on a sacred site.
It’s Time to Talk About the Environment’s Role in Cancer Prevention
A failure to focus on cancer prevention is a failure of public health.