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Make Sure Everyone Knows: This Destructive Bill Is the Trump Trash Fire

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Ralph Nader

A Declaration of Independence From Trump’s Fascist America

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Paul Street

Trump Is No King—He's More Dangerous Than That

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Jeffrey C. Isaac

Hope Is Not a Villain—But This Kind of Hope Is

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Corbin Trent

What to the Arab-American and the Child of Immigrants Is the Fourth of July?

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Lara Jirmanus

We Didn't Fight a Revolution for a King

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Corey Saylor

America Worst, Codified: Trump’s Horrific, Harmful, Horrendous Bill and Our Future

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Christopher D. Cook

Why Progressive Democrats Should Welcome, Not Fear, an Independent Workers Party

Imagine millions of workers, some in unions, many not, banding together to advocate and vote for candidates and issues of importance to them and...

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Les Leopold

Bill Moyers Exemplified Public TV at Its Best

From his reporting on issues like the Iran-Contra scandal to his critique of corporate media, Moyers worked to hold the powerful to account and...

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Julie Hollar

For a Different Kind of Apocalypse—From LA to Tehran

Instead of pushing us close to the brink of Armageddon through military escalations at home and abroad animated by religious fundamentalism, U.S....

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Dawny&39All Heydari

How Medicare Advantage Is Hurting Workers

How Medicare Advantage is hurting workers

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Spencer Carnes

I'm a Veteran of Organized Auto Boycotts. My Advice to Tesla? Dump Musk

During the Great Recession, I organized a Toyota boycott that accidentally paved the way for Musk’s rise. Musk probably won’t tell that story, so I...

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Ron Carver

University Officials Welcome the Genocide Apologists and Condemn the Protesters

A protest and its aftermath at the University of California, San Diego illustrates the moral myopia of administrators.

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Jonathan Graubart

Trump’s Big Ugly Bill Is Fascism in Writing

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Robert Reich

Designed To Enact Suffering

Plunging to new lows of "cartoonish cruelty" in our fascist reality show, MAGA just voted for our "most deeply immoral piece of legislation,"...

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Abby Zimet

Stop Alligator Alcatraz Now, Before They Build Another in a Remote Area Near You

America stands at a crossroads. Down one road lies the fragile promise of democracy: messy, imperfect, but built on the belief in human dignity and...

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Thom Hartmann

In a Post-Roe America, Knowledge Isn’t Just Power—It’s Survival

This is a critical moment in history for both patients and physicians alike to stay informed—because the moves happening now could reshape access...

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Nikki Sapiro Vinckier

The Supreme Court Has Effectively Resuscitated Dred Scott

By choosing to ban nationwide injunctions in response to a case challenging Trump’s order to end birthright citizenship, the court’s conservative...

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Michael Waldman

The Billionaire Oligarchs Are Dancing in the Street

The Republicans who passed this bill must pay a political price. It's time to get to work.

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Bernie Sanders

Zohran Won by Running for the Tenant Majority

This election was a fight between tenants versus landlords, and we have won the first battle. We still need to organize to win the general, and...

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Cea Weaver

With Its ‘Big Betrayal Bill,’ the GOP Is Waging War Against Working Class Americans

While Republicans prioritize tax breaks for billionaires, they’re simultaneously stripping away basic healthcare and support systems from those who...

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Danielle Atkinson

The Senate GOP's Big Ugly Bill Is Even Worse Than the Earlier Cruelty Passed by the House

Republicans in the House, many of whom looked to the Senate to craft a bill that was less damaging than the House bill, must stand up for their...

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Sharon Parrott

Iran: The Things It Won’t Do to Say

If Thomas Friedman’s fairytale world of light-versus-darkness were to evaporate, less noble motives for U.S. and Israeli actions might be revealed.

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Kevin Young

Tax the Rich and Corporations to Close the Climate Finance Gap

New analysis by the Tax Justice Network shows that governments could raise an additional $2.6 trillion each year by applying a modest wealth tax to...

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Franziska Mager

When Theology Kills: The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and the Christian Zionist Agenda

The GHF offers a gospel of charity with one hand while authorizing sniper fire with the other.

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Hima Bindu Thota

Why Mamdani Is Right About City-Run Grocery Stores

Public grocery stores would not eliminate hunger. But they could function as stabilizing infrastructure in food systems that are currently brittle...

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Matt Watkins

My Medical Colleagues Are Held Captive in Israeli Prisons—They Deserve Their Freedom

Detaining and harming these dedicated health workers, without justification or explanation, is inhumane and illegal.

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Joseph Belliveau

Trump's Big Bill Is Not-So-Beautiful for Small Businesses

In a recent survey of 574 small business owners, 7 of 10 opposed the spending cuts in H.R. 1.

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Seth Sandronsky

Trump’s Big, Ugly Bill Will Leave America Sick, Hungry, and More Unequal Than Ever

Never before in the history of this nation has such a large redistribution of income been directed upward, for no reason at all.

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Robert Reich

Who’s Afraid of Zohran Mamdani? Billionaires

Oligarchs are furious that the nation’s capital of capitalism is in danger of serving people instead of megaprofits.

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Norman Solomon

The Time Has Arrived for a Comprehensive Middle East Peace

The United States must recognize that its own strategic interests require a decisive break from partnering in Israel’s destructive strategy.

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Jeffrey D. Sachs

A Personal Tribute to Bill Moyers, Who Never Stopped Pushing

I would never claim to be an heir to Bill Moyers’ legacy, but I am among the millions of ordinary Americans for whom he was a powerful source of...

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Steven Harper

The Vilification of Zohran Mamdani–and Why He's Right About Israel's Genocide

Bloviating about Mamdani's alleged antisemitism for criticism of Israel has garnered more attention than a shocking report that Israeli soldiers...

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Chuck Idelson

It’s Not Too Late for Senate Republicans to Ditch Their Historically Harmful Bill

It shocks the conscience that Senate Republican leaders saw the impacts of the House bill—16 million more people uninsured and millions losing help...

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Sharon Parrott

The Republican Nursing Home Apocalypse

If the Big Ugly Bill becomes law, over half of nursing homes say they will have to reduce staff, and a quarter say they will close.

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Alex Lawson