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Op-Ed
Idahoâs GOP Voters Push Back Against Trump’s Picks
If Trumpâs star begins to wane in the GOP, what happened in Idaho will likely be seen as a turning point.
In Debates Over Prison Closures, Donât Prioritize âEconomic Impactâ Over Lives
Towns that rely on a system that criminalizes and cages human beings need to rethink how their economies are organized.
Thanks to Republicans and Manchin, We May Get Only “Prayers” as Children Die
There have been more than 550 school shootings in the U.S. since Columbine. There are more guns than people in the U.S.
Itâs Trump vs. Pence in Georgia, Though Neither Is on the Ballot
Georgia's primaries bring Trump's likely 2024 run into focus.
Trumpist Perdue Seems Poised to Lose Georgia to Brian Kemp
We must always condemn Trumpists -- and their GOP opponents, too. Perdue and Kemp are key examples in these primaries.
The Drug War Drives Exploitation. We Need Drug Regulation, Not Criminalization.
Legal regulation is a better path forward than either drug-related mass criminalization or a commercial free-for-all.
Electric Cars and Lithium Extraction Threaten to Drive Even More Climate Harm
Colonial policies of resource extraction are wreaking environmental havoc in poor countries that pollute the least.
Supply Chain Failures Prove Growing Need for Localized Economies
The pandemic showed that localized economies are better equipped to respond to the needs of their communities.
The Greatest Trick COVID Ever Pulled Was Convincing the World It Didn’t Exist
The push to rose-color even the grimmest data stumbles over immunocompromised people like me.
Abd El-Fattah Is a Political Prisoner in Egypt. US Aid Is Funding His Jailers.
Egyptian political prisoner Alaa Abd El-Fattah, voice of the Arab Spring revolutions, began a hunger strike on April 2.