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#BlackFridays Walkouts Turn Rage Into Action and Community
Since October, groups across the country have taken weekly actions on Fridays to raise awareness on important issues.
Louisiana Teachers Mobilize Against ExxonMobil Tax Exemption
Educators linked corporate giveaways to the deteriorating conditions in their schools.
Poverty Isn’t Neglect, But the State Took My Children Anyway
The investigator made it clear that my daughters showed no signs of abuse or neglect. I lost anyway.
A Socialist Response to Trump’s Council of Economic Advisers’ Report
The report's incoherence about socialism reveals the ignorance of its conservative, bourgeois authors.
In the Pacific Northwest, Paraeducators Lead Their First Strike in Recent Wave
Teachers have refused to cross their picket lines, shutting down the district’s schools last Thursday and Friday.
Green New Deal? Bring It! But Don’t Forget Your Union Card.
To be truly transformational, any bold green jobs proposal must be rooted in the right to organize.
Outrage as Pelosi Pushes Tax Rule That Would “Kneecap the Progressive Agenda”
Critics say the rule would make single-payer and other progressive priorities impossible to enact.
The STOP Walmart Act Is Rewriting the Rules of Stock Buybacks
The  STOP Walmart Act prohibits large companies from stock buybacks unless they make investments in their workers.
Amazon HQ2 Won’t Improve Quality of Life for New York and Virginia Residents
Amazon's new headquarter deals are a welfare package for the richest man in the world.
New York and Virginia Are Giving Amazon $3 Billion in Corporate Welfare
Jeff Bezos earns $191,000 per minute and states across the US continue to give Amazon massive tax cuts.