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Democrats Need to Cut the Realism and Start Dreaming — and Fighting — Big
Incrementalism is not the stuff of inspiration.
Wildfires Threaten North American Water Supplies
Polluted water creates many expensive, difficult and long-lasting challenges for drinking water treatment.
Medicare for All Would Save $450 Billion and Prevent 68,000 Deaths Every Year
Sen. Bernie Sanders applauded the study published this weekend in the peer-reviewed medical journal The Lancet.
New Film Showcases How the Rainbow Coalition’s Struggle for Justice Lives On
Today's grassroots community organizers and activists are continuing the work of the Rainbow Coalition.
Trump’s Acquittal Has Ushered in a New Era of McCarthyist Purges
Trump is using the power of the soft purge to enforce a culture of absolute loyalty.
Trump to Deploy Heavily Armed Border Patrol Tactical Units in Sanctuary Cities
Agents from the Border Patrol Tactical Unit will collaborate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement in making arrests.
Bloomberg Is Emerging as Corporate Media’s Preferred Opposition to Sanders
Opinion-shapers at the nation’s elite newspapers are jumping on the Bloomberg train as Biden sinks in the polls.
Climate Change Driving “Rapid and Widespread” Decline of Bumblebees
Bumblebees also face threats from habitat loss and exposure to pesticides. Rapid warming could be “the final straw."
Workers Face Retirement With Fear as GOP Refuses to Back Pension Protection Bill
Workers and retirees didn’t create the pension crisis. But Republicans want them to pay for it.
AI Algorithms Intended to Catch Welfare Fraud Often Punish the Poor Instead
These tools are often built on the assumption that fraud among the poor is endemic. In fact, it is rare.