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Op-Ed
The New Global Tinderbox — It’s Not Your Mother’s Cold War
Is a nuclear World War III preventable?
How Capitalism Stokes the Far Right and Climate Catastrophe
Capitalist competition and manufactured scarcity have provided the fuel for the growth of far-right politics.
We Must Pressure Mainstream Forces to Stop Downplaying the Far Right
As the last week showed us, violence is integral to the far right.
Three False Ideas That Anchor Anti-Trans Attacks
To protect trans futures, we must remember trans pasts, work for gender justice and defend true religious liberty.
Trump Tax Cuts at Election Time: Failing on Schedule
The tax cut is turning out as most of us expected: a huge handout to people who were already very rich.
Responding to Anti-Semitic Violence With Solidarity’s Sacred Power
Moments such as these must remind all targeted minorities that we are always stronger when we resist together.
More Than 3.6 Million US Children Don’t Have Affordable Health Care
Each time our system denies health care coverage to a child, we strike down hopes for that child's future.
Alleged Bomber Arrested, But National Nightmare Continues
The ground lost to fascism will not be won back with polite tolerance.
Trump’s Anti-Trans Memo Opens Door to Escalating State Surveillance
It's part of a broader agenda to weaponize immigration, labor, economic, reproductive and policing policies.
Broad-Daylight Fascism and the Bombs of October
Someone was listening to Donald Trump, and decided to pull the pin.