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Building an Army to Fight Runaway Inequality
How can unions help create a social movement to take on Wall Street's economic and political dominance?
Goodbye Administrative State, Hello Community Resilience
Whether or not Trump finishes his term, we're seeing a fundamental turning point in the US system of governance.
The Legacy of Monsanto’s PCBs: Oozing Pus, Birth Defects and Immune Problems
In 1937, GE and Monsanto made a business decision to continue making PCBs despite knowing that they were highly toxic.
Single-Payer Health Care Is Seeing Record Support in Congress
Thanks to the repeal debacle, the GOP has inadvertently helped make single-payer part of the national conversation.
Ask Yourself: Will Donald Trump Ever Become President?
As our institutions bend and buckle and approach the breaking point, the president bombs Syria and is hailed by an obeisant media.
Israeli Government Is Petrified of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement
The increasing pushback against BDS activists is a sign of the movement's growing strength.
The “Mother of All Bombs” Is Big, Deadly — and Won’t Lead to Peace
Trump's trigger-happy finger is careening the world down a reckless and dangerous path.
CEOs Now Make 300 Times More Than Their Workers. This City Is Putting a Stop to That
Runaway CEO pay contributes to income inequality and harms companies. Local governments aren't waiting for a federal fix.
Fascism Is Possible Not in Spite of Liberal Capitalism, but Because of It
The question of the labor movement under fascism is the question of what to do when it is already too late.
The Surprising Truth Behind Tax Day: Where Your Taxes Go
Individuals taxpayers will give the IRS its biggest boost on April 18, so we should know what the government is doing with our money. But we don't have to …