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ICE Is Still Killing People. Susan Is Still Concerned.

ICE Is Still Killing People. Susan Is Still Concerned.

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Abby Zimet

Trump's GOP Is Ripping This Nation Apart. The Question Is: Why?

Trump's GOP Is Ripping This Nation Apart. The Question Is: Why?

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Thom Hartmann

The Collective Punishment of US Sanctions in Venezuela Must End

The Collective Punishment of US Sanctions in Venezuela Must End

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Mark Weisbrot

From the Haymarket 8 to the Michigan 8

From the Haymarket 8 to the Michigan 8

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Adi Saleem

The War Machine, and the War Budget, Are Out of Control—Let’s Change That

The War Machine, and the War Budget, Are Out of Control—Let’s Change That

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Kevin Martin

The US Kicks Off World’s Largest Naval War Games: RIMPAC, China, and the Cost of War

The US Kicks Off World’s Largest Naval War Games: RIMPAC, China, and the Cost of War

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Megan Russell

World Cup Fans Are Cheering for a Free Palestine

World Cup Fans Are Cheering for a Free Palestine

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David Vine

How Section 219, the US-Israel Military Merger, Would Thwart American Democracy

How Section 219, the US-Israel Military Merger, Would Thwart American Democracy

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Robert McCaw

Rahm Emanuel's Deeply Flawed Tel Aviv Speech on Israel

Rahm Emanuel's Deeply Flawed Tel Aviv Speech on Israel

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James Zogby

NATO 3.0 Emerges Alive and Dangerous from the Ankara Summit

NATO 3.0 Emerges Alive and Dangerous from the Ankara Summit

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Joseph Gerson

Trump Puts US-Iran War Back to the Beginning

Trump Puts US-Iran War Back to the Beginning

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Trita Parsi

Game Changers: Building an Economy that Works for Working Americans

Game Changers: Building an Economy that Works for Working Americans

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C.j. Polychroniou

Pick a Side. Fight Like Hell. Repeat.

Pick a Side. Fight Like Hell. Repeat.

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Corbin Trent

Are We Already Living in Trump's Police State?

Are We Already Living in Trump's Police State?

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Thom Hartmann

'Justice Has Failed Us Here in Guatemala': A Family Fights for Accountability

'Justice Has Failed Us Here in Guatemala': A Family Fights for Accountability

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Eric Ross

What's Happened to the WaPo Opinion Page Since Bezos Took the Wheel?

What's Happened to the WaPo Opinion Page Since Bezos Took the Wheel?

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Pete Tucker

Medicaid Cuts Put All Children's Health at Risk—I Would Know

Medicaid Cuts Put All Children's Health at Risk—I Would Know

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Callie Curtis

Trump Is Desperately Dusting Off the Cold War Playbook

Trump Is Desperately Dusting Off the Cold War Playbook

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11.07.2026 3

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Elliott Negin

Trump: The Embodiment of American and Planetary Decline

Trump: The Embodiment of American and Planetary Decline

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11.07.2026 4

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Tom Engelhardt

California Public Records Expose Israel Lobby Censorship

California Public Records Expose Israel Lobby Censorship

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11.07.2026 2

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Marcy Winograd

Why We Need Solidarity Unionism on an Industrial Scale: The IWW Goes on Tour (Again)

Why We Need Solidarity Unionism on an Industrial Scale: The IWW Goes on Tour (Again)

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11.07.2026 2

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Industrial Workers Of The World

Unmasking Hate: Whose Country, Our Country

Unmasking Hate: Whose Country, Our Country

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10.07.2026 1

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Abby Zimet

When You Aim at Regime Change, Be Careful What You Wish For

When You Aim at Regime Change, Be Careful What You Wish For

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10.07.2026 3

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Connie Peck

Blame NY 'Progressive' Consultants and DC 'Moderate' Insiders If Susan Collins Wins

Blame NY 'Progressive' Consultants and DC 'Moderate' Insiders If Susan Collins Wins

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10.07.2026 2

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Miles Mogulescu

When Will the US Truly Face War's Moral Consequences?

When Will the US Truly Face War's Moral Consequences?

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10.07.2026 5

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Robert C. Koehler

Rachel, Aysenur, Anne, Bisan: A Girl’s Guide to Genocide

Rachel, Aysenur, Anne, Bisan: A Girl’s Guide to Genocide

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10.07.2026 3

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Hayley Margolis

The Pro-Palestine Movement Is Rewriting the Rules of US Politics

The Pro-Palestine Movement Is Rewriting the Rules of US Politics

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10.07.2026 1

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Ramzy Baroud

Global South Debt Relief Benefits Everyone

Global South Debt Relief Benefits Everyone

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10.07.2026 3

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Aldo Caliari

Democrats Rally Around ‘Affordability,’ But ‘Precarity’ Is a Better Slogan

Democrats Rally Around ‘Affordability,’ But ‘Precarity’ Is a Better Slogan

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09.07.2026 2

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Sergio Infante

Cut the Pentagon, Save the Planet: The $1.5 Trillion Climate Solution We Can’t Ignore

Cut the Pentagon, Save the Planet: The $1.5 Trillion Climate Solution We Can’t Ignore

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09.07.2026 3

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Aaron Kirshenbaum

ICE Kills, DHS Lies: The New Normal of Trump’s America

ICE Kills, DHS Lies: The New Normal of Trump’s America

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09.07.2026 2

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Jordan Liz

Big Oil Is Heating Us to Death and Telling Us It's Our Fault

Big Oil Is Heating Us to Death and Telling Us It's Our Fault

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09.07.2026 1

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Emma Buretta

Trump's Latest Corruption: Hijacking Social Security

Trump's Latest Corruption: Hijacking Social Security

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09.07.2026 3

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Alex Lawson

Veterans, Military Members, and Families Marched Against Fascism and War on July 4

Veterans, Military Members, and Families Marched Against Fascism and War on July 4

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09.07.2026 3

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Gerry Condon

An Open Letter to NATO: The False Promise of Militarized Security

An Open Letter to NATO: The False Promise of Militarized Security

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08.07.2026 4

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Curtis F.j. Doebbler

US and Iran Test Each Other's Red Lines Over Strait of Hormuz

US and Iran Test Each Other's Red Lines Over Strait of Hormuz

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08.07.2026 3

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Trita Parsi

4 Years After Dobbs, Abortion Is Still on the Ballot

4 Years After Dobbs, Abortion Is Still on the Ballot

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08.07.2026 3

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Amanda Zurawski

What I Saw When I Stopped Pretending

What I Saw When I Stopped Pretending

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08.07.2026 5

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Mercedez

Drone Warfare Turns Oil From a Resource Into a Liability

Drone Warfare Turns Oil From a Resource Into a Liability

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08.07.2026 1

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Bill McKibben

Pressure Rises on Home Depot to Address ICE Raids at Stores

Pressure Rises on Home Depot to Address ICE Raids at Stores

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08.07.2026 3

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Salvador G

The US Navy’s 'Killer' Submarine Is Participating in RIMPAC 2026

The US Navy’s 'Killer' Submarine Is Participating in RIMPAC 2026

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07.07.2026 9

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Ann Wright

Colorado Needs to Give Gabe Evans the Boot

Colorado Needs to Give Gabe Evans the Boot

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07.07.2026 9

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Donna Smith

David Valadao Was the Deciding Vote for Trump’s Big Ugly Bill. Randy Villegas has a Plan to Defeat Him

David Valadao Was the Deciding Vote for Trump’s Big Ugly Bill. Randy Villegas has a Plan to Defeat Him

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07.07.2026 7

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Jon Bauman

18 Months Later, Our Fight to Clean Up Elon's DOGE Mess Continues

18 Months Later, Our Fight to Clean Up Elon's DOGE Mess Continues

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07.07.2026 7

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Nancy Trevino

Chin Up: The Left Has a Bright Future

Chin Up: The Left Has a Bright Future

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07.07.2026 9

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Chris Wright

Fire Any Financial Advisor Who Tells You to Utilize a Trump Account

Fire Any Financial Advisor Who Tells You to Utilize a Trump Account

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07.07.2026 9

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Dean Baker

All the Feelings: Nothing Is Fixed In Its Place

All the Feelings: Nothing Is Fixed In Its Place

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07.07.2026 10

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Abby Zimet

A Military Flyover Country Turns 250

A Military Flyover Country Turns 250

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06.07.2026 10

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Bita Iuliano

This President From Hell's Destruction Will Last a Very Long Time

This President From Hell's Destruction Will Last a Very Long Time

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06.07.2026 7

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Tom Engelhardt

Fascist Trump Plays the Communist Card

Fascist Trump Plays the Communist Card

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06.07.2026 10

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Robert Reich