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Trump and Trumpism Are the Violent Threat—And They Must Be Stopped
William Jacob Parsons was arrested recently in North Carolina on charges of appearing at a FEMA office carrying a semi-automatic handgun and making threats against employees. According to the...
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In Response to Michael Albert’s “Answering Critics”
Michael Albert has argued at “Answering Critics” (Nov. 2, 2024), cogently in my opinion, that people who live in swing states and have yet to vote should vote for Kamala Harris by November 5th; I agree...
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Vote to End the Nuclear Threat
Much of significance will happen at the end of Election Day, and a countdown will begin at 11 p.m. PDT on November 5th. While everyone’s attention will be on who our next president will be, the U.S....
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Vote Like A Radical
We never vote for them. We always vote for us. This election and every election. Thank you to our all-star crew: Nick Tilsen, Bill Fletcher Jr., Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson, Gaby Strong, Sadia Abbas,...
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The Aftertaste of the Ocean
In 2018, Senegalese philosopher and economist Felwine Sarr, along with French art historian Bénédicte Savoy, were commissioned by President Emmanuel Macron for two meetings in Paris with S.E.M Auguste...
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How Telecom Customer Service Reps Got Better Connected Via Their Union
American politicians love to pose as defenders of factory workers threatened by globalization, corporate restructuring, and overseas outsourcing. But their campaign spiels rarely mention other jobs at...
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This California Ballot Measure Could Change the Way America Feeds Itself
Every fall, Mary Bull prepares for the olive harvest at her small-scale permaculture farm, Chalice Farm, in Sonoma County, California. She expects this year to be their biggest harvest yet, with more...
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Prison Abolitionists Could Score Wins on Election Day, Despite Electoral...
Policing and prison abolition policy questions have been minimized in the lead-up to the 2024 November election, despite their significance in the last election cycle. Yet these ideas have finally...
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Running Through the Tape
Last week, from Saturday October 26th through Saturday November 2, I took part in the Harris/Walz ground game in the Allentown, Pa. area. Each of those eight days I left the place where I was staying...
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Israel Is Hitting A Wall In Lebanon. What Is Its Endgame?
“Not every objective can be achieved through military means.” Those were the words of Israeli war minister Yoav Gallant on October 28, commenting on Israel’s war on Lebanon. “Painful compromises will...
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Claudia Sheinbaum Stares Down Mexico’s Highest Court
Since taking office on October 1 as Mexico’s first woman president, Claudia Sheinbaum has had — to put it mildly — an eventful month. She has made three trips to Acapulco to coordinate recovery efforts...
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The GOP Playbook for Sabotaging Environmental Regulations
The devastation throughout the southeastern United States in the wake of hurricanes Helene and Milton has laid bare the importance of strong climate policy, including adaptation and mitigation...
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Emuskulation
This is what happens when successive US governments fail to tackle inequality. While millions of people live in poverty, a handful grow unimaginably rich. Wealth begets wealth, and they acquire...
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Force for Good
Five years ago today my family took a weekend road trip to Madison, Wisconsin for my niece’s wedding. Well, we didn’t get to attend the actual wedding (a small modern affair), but we enjoyed the...
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10 States Will Vote on Abortion Rights This Election
On the eve of a potentially historic presidential election, Natasha Sutherland is tired. The born-and-raised Floridian and senior advisor to the Yes on 4 campaign has been fighting to expand and...
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Trump & Minister Musk: “Expect Hardship”
On Friday, October 25, at a town hall held on his social media platform X, Elon Musk told the audience that if Trump wins, he expects to work in a Cabinet-level position to cut the federal government....
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How Devaluing Palestinian Lives Became a Western Obsession
In 2021, Peter Beinart wrote an article for Jewish Currents that noted that the term “anti-Palestinian” never featured in US political debate. As Beinart pointed out, this was “not because...
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South Africa’s Memorial to the ICJ: More Evidence on Israel’s Genocide
The timing, as with so much in the ongoing wars in Gaza and Lebanon, was most appropriate. The Israeli Knesset had signalled its intent on crippling and banishing the sole agency of humanitarian worth...
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Pre Election Nightmare
We are almost at the abyss. It is a date circled on the calendar, like a dental cleaning, a car safety inspection or an execution. All of American history has shuffled forward to this moment....
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