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Ron Johnson Calls Mar-a-Lago a “Pretty Safe Place.” Security Experts Disagree.
Some experts have described the storage of the documents at Mar-a-Lago as “a significant national security threat.”
Right-Wing Calls for Violence Grow as Trump May Face Espionage Act Charges
The FBI search of Mar-a-Lago has received backlash, but investigating Trump's motives must persist, says one expert.
Unhoused Activists Are Fighting a Surge of Bills Criminalizing Homelessness
As soaring rents push people onto the streets, many unhoused people are rising up against harmful legislation.
Wealthy Donors Bankroll Christian Nationalists to Sustain Unregulated Capitalism
Funded by a 1 percent of megadonors and corporations, the religious right has grown to a grotesque size.
On Social Security’s 87th Birthday, Progressives Warn GOP Wants to Destroy It
We must “pass Social Security 2100 to protect and expand this vital service,” said the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
Announcing the Winners of the 2nd Annual Keeley Schenwar Memorial Essay Prize
The prize honors the work of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated writers who are struggling for a more just world.
Working in Prison Fields Didn’t “Correct” Me, It Revealed the System’s Brutality
If one was paid to design a system that exacerbates trauma for vulnerable women, this would be the ideal model.
I Stole to Feed My Family and Was Incarcerated. We Need Resources, Not Prisons.
The story of poverty in the Black community is directly related to the history of slavery, Jim Crow and redlining laws.
Video Game and Tech Workers Are Putting Unions at Play in Their Industries
A nationwide wave of organizing in games and tech is underway.
EPA Proposal to Limit PFAS in Drinking Water May Boost Grassroots Efforts
The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to propose new limits on PFAS chemicals in drinking water this year.