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Exploiting Black Labor After the Abolition of Slavery
History is made by human actors and the choices they make.
A Crackdown on Our Right to Stand Up
Republican-led legislatures are trying to push through laws to criminalize dissent — in the hopes of stopping the growing fight against the right.
For Endangered Species, the Road to Recovery Can Be Winding and Bumpy
preventing extinctions is a clear and concrete goal, but promoting recoveries is more ambiguous and abstract.
Winona LaDuke on New Ways to Keep Pipelines Out of the Great Lakes
The surge of formal opposition to tar sands and fracked oil pipelines shows how Standing Rock resistance has emboldened Great Lakes tribes.
Chicago’s Lax Enforcement of Minimum Wage Hike Leaves Workers in the Lurch
As the minimum wage rises, some cities have created departments to enforce the new labor laws. Chicago has not.
The Return of State-Based “Gag” Rules?
In Kentucky, a new bill has been introduced that puts a gag on local organizations just as imposing as the international order.
Should We Keep Wasting Money on Missile Defense — or Invest in Something Useful?
The US government has spent more than $180 billion on a national missile defense system, with no indication it works.
The GOP Plan to Prevent a Repeat of Obama’s Climate Action
Congress is moving to get rid of a legal precedent that allowed the EPA to tackle climate change under President Obama.
Solidarity Outlasts “Right to Work” in Indiana Shipyard
When right to work hit Indiana in 2012, it didn't have much impact at the Jeffboat shipyard.
Combating Trump’s Neo-Fascism and the Ghost of “1984”
The US may be on the verge of witnessing how democracy ends. We must fight the normalization of Trump and his actions.