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Economy & Labor
Undeterred by Trump, Fight for 15 Fires Back Up
Low-wage workers across the country walked off the job on Tuesday to agitate for an increase in the federal minimum wage.
Building a System-Changing Response to Trump and Trumpism at All Levels
Trumpism signals a global crisis of capitalism that calls for an urgent democratization of the economic system.
Sanders on Trump: We Need to Think Every Day How to Mobilize People to Defeat This Horrific Agenda
Sen. Sanders speaks about what it looks like to hold Trump and the Republican Party accountable.
Our Profiteering Health Insurance Industry: Should the Government Bail It Out Again?
Will the incoming Trump administration and Republican Congress continue a bailout of the health insurance industry?
Will Workplace Safety Survive a Trump Presidency?
What will happen to the gains made during the Obama administration?
Climate Finance for Farmers Is Key to Averting 1 Billion Hungry
When climate change is added to the food security equation, local solutions become more complex.
The Slow, Painful Death of the TPP
The TPP might be dead, but we will have to deal with its legacy in the form of President Trump.
The Six Worst Things About Trump’s Tax Plan
If Congress takes up tax reform in early 2017, the White House will push cuts that would benefit the wealthy, including the president-elect himself and his family members.
Dispatch From Nepal: The Disaster Didn’t End When the Earth Stopped Shaking
The earthquakes that struck Nepal in 2015 are just one ingredient in a toxic brew of suffering.
US Retirement Funds Contribute to Deforestation and Climate Change
As of June 2016, US mutual funds had a net investment of more than $5 billion in palm oil producers.