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At the People’s Summit, Activists Plot How to Take Bernie Sanders’ Revolution Down Ballot
Participants are looking to carry their momentum on to local races around the country. more
By Simon Davis-Cohen
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After Teachers Union Protests Against Education Reform, Mexican Police Kill 8 Protesters in Oaxaca
Rising tensions between the Mexican government and the National Coordination of Education Workers (CNTE), the... more
By Parker Asmann
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A Newly Leaked Hillary Clinton Memo Shows How Campaigns Get Around Super PAC Rules
It's not that hard. more
By Branko Marcetic
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You Don’t Have to Like Hillary Clinton—But Sexist Attacks On Her Supporters Are Shameful
The gendered attacks against Clinton and her supporters must come to an end. more
By Susan J. Douglas
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Baltimore May Be the Next City to Adopt a $15 Minimum Wage
The national movement toward a minimum wage of $15 an hour is picking up steam in... more
By Bruce Vail
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What the Labor Movement Can Learn from Bernie Sanders’ Unapologetic Socialism
This post originally appeared at Jacobin. The Bernie Sanders campaign has injected socialism into the... more
By Joe Burns
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Chicago Workers Are Close to Winning a New Paid Sick Leave Law
“I’ve been working maybe 15 years, and I’ve never had a... more
By Jeff Schuhrke
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Democrats Say Superdelegates Have Never Decided An Election. In 1984, They Thought the Opposite.
A review of newspaper reports from 1984 shows that Democratic officials believed the superdelegate system had "virtually assured" the nomination for the establishment candidate. more
By Branko Marcetic
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The View From Today’s Versailles
A new book by Michelle Fields, former Breitbart reporter, rightly skewers our political class—but suffers from a case of hypocrisy more
By Chris Lehmann
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Politics
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The Brexit Vote and the Future of the European Union
We can only hope that common sense will prevail. more
By Jane Miller
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At the People’s Summit, Activists Plot How to Take Bernie Sanders’ Revolution Down Ballot
Participants are looking to carry their momentum on to local races around the country. more
By Simon Davis-Cohen
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Breaking the Cycle of Violence in South Sudan: An Interview with Nick Turse
Journalist Nick Turse characterizes the situation in South Sudan, and how American policy has shaped the world's newest nation. more
By Marc Daalder
Labor
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Life After Coal in Harlan County, U.S.A.
Kentucky's lifeblood is drying up. more
By Jeff Kelly Lowenstein
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When the Steel Mill Gets Replaced by a GOP Megadonor’s Casino
A new book analyzes the demise of Bethlehem Steel and the rise of a casino in post-industrial Pennsylvania. more
By Catherine Tumber
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The Racist Agenda Behind the Now-Dead ‘Friedrichs’ Supreme Court Case
A negative ruling would have led to a closing of the on-ramp to the middle class for women and people of color. more
By Naomi Walker
Culture
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A French Take on John Wayne
When a French family tries to hold on to the past, it doesn't end well. more
By Michael Atkinson
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The Ship Breakers
Working the maritime graveyard shift more
By Peter Wieben
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Norman Finkelstein’s ‘The Holocaust Industry’ and the Fight To Make All Suffering Count
Finkelstein's book is a call for Jewish suffering to be seen as part of the larger history of suffering under colonialism. more
By Max Ajl
The Movement
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At the People’s Summit, Activists Plot How to Take Bernie Sanders’ Revolution Down Ballot
Participants are looking to carry their momentum on to local races around the country. more
By Simon Davis-Cohen
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The Rising American Student Movement Is Part of a Battle for the Soul of Higher Education
Keep an eye on college campuses. The battles fought there are going to matter for the wider world tomorrow. more
By Aviva Chomsky
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Thanks to #BlackLivesMatter, Prosecutors Who Bungle Police Shooting Cases Face Tough Election Fights
While recognizing the limits of electoral politics, the movement has ousted two prosecutors--Anita Alvarez and Tim McGinty--and has more in its sights more
By Jennifer Ball