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“Kids Will Be Harmed by This”: Trump Administration Rolls Back Protections for Transgender Students
The Trump administration has rescinded key protections for transgender students in public schools.
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Going on the Offensive: A State-Based Strategy for the Democratic Party
Democratic states can collectively seize this moment to flip the states' rights strategy into a progressive one.
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Viewing Trump’s Extreme Climate Denial From a Small Island Nation in Peril
The “Doomsday Clock” pushes closer to midnight as the Trump administration pushes its climate-denial agenda.
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Authentic Hope in the Twilight of Failed Neoliberal Capitalism
Emerging collaborative civic movements in Europe and the Americas are creating inspiring new political models.
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Staples Removed: How Postal Workers Defeated a Privatization Scheme
The Postal Workers that the Postal Service will terminate its deal with Staples, closing down the 540 “mini-post offices” inside stores.
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Seeding the Future Against Destructive Neoliberal Capitalism
Amid the rubble of neoliberal economics, two powerful new civic movements in Mexico offer a future of radical hope.
Economic Update: Immigration and the Economy
This episode discusses a stock market bounce, and more.
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Trump’s Trade Reforms Will Not Increase US Wages
Trump's proposals for high tariffs might sound good. But combined with policies that weaken unions, they're not good for wages.
ICE Arrests 600 in Nationwide Raids After Trump Order Expands Criminalization of Immigrants
Immigrant communities across the country are on edge after federal immigration agents arrested over 600 people in the past week.
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As Unions Decline, Construction Workers Are Dying at Alarming Rates
Without unions, workers in construction regularly find themselves both inadequately trained and forced to labor in situations that could — and do — kill them.