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The Democratic Debates Need More Questions About Nuclear War
Democratic candidates desperately need to articulate their plans to avert a nuclear crisis.
The Fight for a Green New Deal Can Start With Your Union Contract
Labor leaders can translate rank-and-file support for the Green New Deal through bargaining green union contracts.
We Need Independently Run Presidential Debates
CNN took an approach to the debates more befitting a football game than an exercise in democracy.
Reimagining Justice for Immigrant Survivors Through VAWA
The Violence Against Women Act implicitly recognizes the imbalance of power in mixed-status interactions.
War Is Hell. Why Are We Waging an Endless One?
Friday marked the 29th anniversary of Operation Desert Shield.
Is Trump Using the Death Penalty as an Election Strategy?
This isn't about “public safety.” It's about the bloodlust that passes for politics under Trump.
When Trump Calls People “Filth,” He’s Laying Groundwork for Genocide
Mass killing does not happen instantly. It needs the sort of ideological scaffolding that Trump is laying down.
Hospitals Squeal Over Trump Proposal to Disclose Insurance Company Discounts
The rule is a sign that more and more Republicans see defending the status quo as a political loser.
Using Patriotism to Deflect Racism Is a Deadly Mistake
Claiming more loyalty to a nation built on our oppression is not going to secure us more rights or more safety.
Biden Wants to “Restore” This Country’s Soul. Sounds Strangely Like MAGA.
Biden, Gillibrand, Booker and other moderate Democrats used the debate to invoke an idealized vision of the past.