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An Open Letter to the GOP: You Are Sentencing Me to Death
Health care is never a numbers game — it's always about life and death for somebody.
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How Our Protests Won Marriage Equality
How an upsurge of activism led to a sea change in public opinion — and a victory for civil rights that had seemed distant just a few years earlier.
Women in California’s Largest Immigrant Prison Hold Hunger Strike
This month, 33 women incarcerated by ICE in California's Adelanto Detention Facility launched a hunger strike.
What Happens When the Federal Government Eliminates Health Coverage?
Historical precedents can provide insights for the current debate.
A World of Winless War: US Special Ops Forces Deployed to 137 Nations in 2017
During this first half-year of the Trump administration, US commandos have already been sent to 137 countries.
Climate Destabilization Is Causing Thousands of New Species Migrations: Plant, Animal, Insect, Bird
A spate of new research studies has confirmed a disturbing pattern.
“The Vulnerable Have Entered a More Precarious State Than Ever”: Marc Lamont Hill on Neoliberalism’s “Nobodies“
Marc Lamont Hill discusses neoliberalism, the plea bargain system and the current callous politics of disposability.
Thinking Dangerously: The Role of Higher Education in Authoritarian Times
Critical thinking and a culture of questioning are our strongest foils against authoritarianism.
Myths of Job-Killing Robots Obscure Real Causes of Inequality
The data is clear: Insofar as people are seeing job opportunities disappear, it is due to factors other than robots.
Waging Love to End Debt’s Stranglehold
We should invest in everyone and defend our civic legacies for future generations.