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NYC House Primaries Show Voters Want the Dems to Stand Up to Israel

NYC House Primaries Show Voters Want the Dems to Stand Up to Israel

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Blaise Malley

Democrats Should Embrace a Deal That Brings Trump's Iran War to an End

Democrats Should Embrace a Deal That Brings Trump's Iran War to an End

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Stephen Zunes

Don't Mourn Alan Greenspan

Don't Mourn Alan Greenspan

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Peter Dreier

When the Saints Go Marching Out: New Orleans and the Resilience of Cities

When the Saints Go Marching Out: New Orleans and the Resilience of Cities

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Richard Heinberg

4 Years Ago, Republicans Took Roe; Now, Our Rights Depend on Taking Back Congress

4 Years Ago, Republicans Took Roe; Now, Our Rights Depend on Taking Back Congress

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Jessica Mackler

Trump Is Winning The War on Nonprofits

Trump Is Winning The War on Nonprofits

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Phil Buchanan

Juneteenth Is Not a History Lesson We Can Afford to Forget

Juneteenth Is Not a History Lesson We Can Afford to Forget
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Gloria Swindler Boutte

Colombians Voted Against Their Collective Memory on Sunday

Colombians Voted Against Their Collective Memory on Sunday
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Mario A. Murillo

Trump Is the Vandal He’s Been Looking For

Trump Is the Vandal He’s Been Looking For
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Fran Shor

When Hate Trumps Healing: How I Joined the Blocked-by-Israel Club

When Hate Trumps Healing: How I Joined the Blocked-by-Israel Club
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Jennifer Arriaga

Iran Challenges the US Doctrine of Low-Intensity Warfare

Iran Challenges the US Doctrine of Low-Intensity Warfare
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Medea Benjamin

To Make the US-Iran Deal Stick, Hold Hawks and War Profiteers Accountable

To Make the US-Iran Deal Stick, Hold Hawks and War Profiteers Accountable
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Nancy Okail

Life Projections: On Swamp Creatures and Pedo Besties

Life Projections: On Swamp Creatures and Pedo Besties
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Abby Zimet

Trump's Indiscriminate War on Migrants Is a War on the Best of America

Trump's Indiscriminate War on Migrants Is a War on the Best of America

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Pierre Tristam

Israel Is Out of Control—And No, It's Not Just Netanyahu

Israel Is Out of Control—And No, It's Not Just Netanyahu

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James Zogby

GOP Fraud Hunt Helps Prove Elon Musk Is a Total Moron

GOP Fraud Hunt Helps Prove Elon Musk Is a Total Moron

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Dean Baker

Donald Trump: President of Endlessly Stupid Wars

Donald Trump: President of Endlessly Stupid Wars

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Tom Engelhardt

The Entire Trump Presidency Is a Green, Algae-Filled Reflecting Pool

The Entire Trump Presidency Is a Green, Algae-Filled Reflecting Pool

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Robert Reich

Tax the Rich and Save the World

Tax the Rich and Save the World

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Nancy Folbre

Reproductive Justice Is a Men's Issue, Too

Reproductive Justice Is a Men's Issue, Too

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Sylvia Ghazarian

Albany Is Moving the Climate Goalpost While our Communities Are Still Flooding

Albany Is Moving the Climate Goalpost While our Communities Are Still Flooding

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Jasmin Sanchez

We Should Fear More Than Ebola

We Should Fear More Than Ebola

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Megan Thiele Strong

Lessons in Equality

Lessons in Equality

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Robert C. Koehler

Voter Fears Grow as Trump Continues to Lie about Election Integrity

Voter Fears Grow as Trump Continues to Lie about Election Integrity

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20.06.2026 4

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Wendy Via

Fatalities From Israel’s Vast Gaza Genocide Deliberately Undercounted

Fatalities From Israel’s Vast Gaza Genocide Deliberately Undercounted

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Ralph Nader

Politics Should Never Decide Who Gets Care

Politics Should Never Decide Who Gets Care

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Teri Mills

On World Refugee Day, Support Refugees, Don't Deport Them

On World Refugee Day, Support Refugees, Don't Deport Them

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Chris Phommasathit

Whose Green Transition Is It Anyway?

Whose Green Transition Is It Anyway?

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Alessandro Ramazzotti

You Are America, Ready To Seize What Ought To Be

You Are America, Ready To Seize What Ought To Be

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19.06.2026 3

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Abby Zimet

Trump Murdering People in Boats Is Not Stopping the Flow of Drugs Into US

Trump Murdering People in Boats Is Not Stopping the Flow of Drugs Into US

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Lee Schlenker

ICE’s New Immigration Detention Center Guidelines Make Them Even More Dangerous

ICE’s New Immigration Detention Center Guidelines Make Them Even More Dangerous

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Jordan Liz

Palestinians May Pay the Price for Netanyahu's Defeat in Iran

Palestinians May Pay the Price for Netanyahu's Defeat in Iran

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Ramzy Baroud

We Are All Politicians; This Juneteenth, It’s Time to Act Like It

We Are All Politicians; This Juneteenth, It’s Time to Act Like It

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Rev. Ciera Bates-Chamberlain

Juneteenth and the Distance Between Freedom and Meaning

Juneteenth and the Distance Between Freedom and Meaning

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19.06.2026 5

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Anneshia Hardy

When ICE Detains a Father, a Child Pays the Price

When ICE Detains a Father, a Child Pays the Price

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Rachel Ghosh

Ending the Costly, Unnecessary Iran War Is the Right Thing. Period.

Ending the Costly, Unnecessary Iran War Is the Right Thing. Period.

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18.06.2026 6

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Trita Parsi

The Art of the Recycled Deal: Trump and the Outcome Israel Cannot Tolerate

The Art of the Recycled Deal: Trump and the Outcome Israel Cannot Tolerate

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18.06.2026 4

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Jamal Kanj

The Democrats Offer No Real Alternative to Trump's 'Donroe Doctrine' for Latin America

The Democrats Offer No Real Alternative to Trump's 'Donroe Doctrine' for Latin America

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18.06.2026 4

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Roger D. Harris

Climate Negotiators Will Talk About Anything But Finance and Decarbonization

Climate Negotiators Will Talk About Anything But Finance and Decarbonization

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18.06.2026 5

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Wafa Misrar

Why the People of Bolivia Are Revolting

Why the People of Bolivia Are Revolting

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18.06.2026 4

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Joseph Bouchard

Trump's MOU Is an IOU: The Severe US Losses in Its Misbegotten Iran War

Trump's MOU Is an IOU: The Severe US Losses in Its Misbegotten Iran War

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18.06.2026 5

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Joseph Gerson

What We Learned When We Stayed to Provide Abortion- and Gender-Affirming Care

What We Learned When We Stayed to Provide Abortion- and Gender-Affirming Care

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18.06.2026 5

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Jennifer Pepper

Desertification Doesn’t Just Look Like a Desert: It Looks Like a Flood

Desertification Doesn’t Just Look Like a Desert: It Looks Like a Flood

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17.06.2026 5

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Willem Ferwerda

The Trump Administration Wants You to Be Afraid to Vote

The Trump Administration Wants You to Be Afraid to Vote

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17.06.2026 5

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Michael Waldman

We Are Better Than This

We Are Better Than This

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17.06.2026 6

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Steven Harper

Who Pays for a Broken Energy System? The Case for Climate Reparations

Who Pays for a Broken Energy System? The Case for Climate Reparations

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17.06.2026 7

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Vanessa Nakate

The Paradoxical Utopia of the World Cup

The Paradoxical Utopia of the World Cup

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17.06.2026 6

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Pierre Tristam

Winning Back the Working Class: To What, Exactly?

Winning Back the Working Class: To What, Exactly?

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17.06.2026 10

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Les Leopold

White Trash Losers 'R Us

White Trash Losers 'R Us

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16.06.2026 9

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Abby Zimet

Trump's America Hosts the World Cup, But the World Is Not Welcome

Trump's America Hosts the World Cup, But the World Is Not Welcome

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Nicolas Garon