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What Fresh Hell in 2019? Your Guess Is as Good as Mine.
We have the power to tilt this sad, strange world ever so slightly on its axis.
Arundhati Roy on Fiction in the Face of Rising Fascism
“People don't forget their poets, however much violence is done.”
Trump Signs Executive Order Freezing Pay of Nearly 2 Million Federal Workers
Public employees and government contractors are increasingly worried about being able to make rent and pay their bills.
Bring the Troops Home — But Stop the Bombing, Too
In this “war on terror,” the US and its allies have dropped 291,880 bombs and missiles on other countries.
Trump Administration Suggests Unpaid Federal Workers Do Odd Jobs to Cover Rent
The advice came as Republican lawmakers announced there has been no progress on reopening the government.
Coal Companies Get Tax Breaks, While Black Lung Rates Rise
Trump tax cuts are slashing funding for the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund.
A Year of Forever War in Review
The United States remains entrenched in a set of military interventions across significant parts of the world.
After Supreme Court Rejects Asylum Ban, 8-Year-Old Dies in Border Patrol Custody
For the second time this month, a Guatemalan child has died in the custody of US Customs and Border Protection.
Renew the Resistance! The Seven Principles of Kwanzaa Light the Way.
Kwanzaa's seven principles can guide our resistance to the state of siege we have experienced under Trump.
Unpaid Federal Employees Set Record Straight With Shutdown Stories
After Trump claimed furloughed federal workers support the shutdown, they took to social media.