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The People vs. The Student Loan Industry
Trump is gutting the few protections student borrowers have, even as the largest student loan servicer faces a lawsuit.
The Democrats’ Myth on Deficits
Republicans are not the only ones who push deficit myths. The Democrats have their own.
Pelosi Refuses to Back Single Payer, Despite GOP Deathmongering Suddenly Taking Center Stage
While Democrats have shown an interest in saving lives, their leader is wasting an opportunity to advocate for those left uninsured by Obamacare.
The United States’ History of Cruelty and Contradictory Attitudes to Immigrants
In 200 years of shifting policy toward immigrants, Republicans and Democrats have contributed to the war on the undocumented.
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The ACA Repeal: Our Lives Are at Stake, So What Now?
This is a time for heroic communities to prove we have the power to save one another.
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Net Neutrality Redux: Why Republicans Shouldn’t Mess With the Internet
“Hell hath no fury like the internet scorned.”
Brace for Government Shutdown as Republicans Face Impossible Tasks
What makes a government shutdown even more likely now is that the White House, Republicans and Democrats are all staking out claims on a variety of issues.
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.
Prospects for Social Democracy in the US: Insights From a Syndicalist in Sweden
US socialists should not get over-excited about European-style social democracy, says author Gabriel Kuhn.
Socialist Organizer and Black Lives Matter Activist Runs for Office in Fulton, Georgia
Supported by Our Revolution, a Democratic Socialists for America member is running as an unapologetic progressive.