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The Big Ugly Cave by Senate Democrats

The Big Ugly Cave by Senate Democrats

It's a huge mistake and I'm not sure Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer survives this.

yesterday 10

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Robert Reich

Trump's $2,000 Tariff Dividend Payments Would Explode the Deficit by Nearly $4 Trillion Over a Decade

Trump's $2,000 Tariff Dividend Payments Would Explode the Deficit by Nearly $4 Trillion Over a Decade

I acknowledge not being a deficit hawk, but I suspect most of the politicians in Washington are, and certainly anyone who thinks we need to be...

yesterday 1

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Dean Baker

Why Climate Action Must Start on Our Plates

Why Climate Action Must Start on Our Plates

Rebalancing industrial animal farming cuts emissions, limits disease risk, protects biodiversity, and strengthens food security, reminding us that...

yesterday 10

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Nicholas Ceolin

Behind AI Hype, Climate Consequences

Behind AI Hype, Climate Consequences

AI’s massive energy use is giving fossil fuels a lifeline when they should be rapidly phased out in response to the climate emergency.

yesterday 3

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Jean Su

The Planet Wreckers Are Holding the World Back; We Must Call Them Out at COP30

The Planet Wreckers Are Holding the World Back; We Must Call Them Out at COP30

Leaders have a choice: continue shielding fossil fuel interests, or stand with the majority of the world demanding a fast, fair, and funded...

yesterday 3

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Romain Ioualalen

Defending Democracy Starts With Your Phone Plan: Why I Cut Ties With T-Mobile

Defending Democracy Starts With Your Phone Plan: Why I Cut Ties With T-Mobile

The most effective way to resist the authoritarian takeover of our democracy is to make it clear to companies partnering with authoritarians that...

yesterday 0

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Tony Andrews

A Victorious Hamburg Climate Resolution Is a Model of Hope-Fueled People Power

A Victorious Hamburg Climate Resolution Is a Model of Hope-Fueled People Power

While the current German government is rolling back or even boycotting climate action, Hamburg is showing the world that grassroots climate action...

previous day 30

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Sabine Von Mering

Blessed Are the Peacemakers. And, No, None of Them Are Trump

People are tired of funding wars instead of aid and basic services that could help millions at home and abroad, but simply dumping on Trump’s...

previous day 5

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Diana Duarte

The Corporate 'Moderates' Had Their Chance—They Blew It

The Corporate 'Moderates' Had Their Chance—They Blew It

The moderate establishment looks at this moment and offers more of what created it. More of the same kind of visionless hopeless feckless...

previous day 3

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Corbin Trent

COP30: 'A Real Opening for Quicker Progress'

COP30: 'A Real Opening for Quicker Progress'

Why it's not all bad news for Bill McKibben regarding the climate crisis. Five questions to one of the leading environmentalists in the US.

previous day 2

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David Goeßmann

COP30: Climate Course Correction or Another Collision Course?

COP30: Climate Course Correction or Another Collision Course?

With 2024 confirmed as the hottest year ever on record, the US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, and the massive financial shortfalls left by...

previous day 2

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Rachael Mellor

Turn It Up: Hero With A Hero Is Icing On the Cake

Turn It Up: Hero With A Hero Is Icing On the Cake

Hope glimmers. After an election that saw "democrats in array" rising up to thunderously repudiate anything connected with a doddering tyrant - "...

saturday 2

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Abby Zimet

While Trump Posts Marble Bathrooms, Americans Go Hungry

While Trump Posts Marble Bathrooms, Americans Go Hungry

Trump plasters his social media with a floor-to-ceiling marble bathroom remodel while families across America wonder how they can keep their...

saturday 10

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Emese Ilyés

Mandani's Win Proves That Hope Is Power

Mandani's Win Proves That Hope Is Power

Perhaps the most important takeaway from Mr. Mamdani’s campaign is this: Hope grounded in possibility is the fuel for democracy.

saturday 5

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Frances Moore Lappé

'Earth's Greatest Enemy' Shows Us We Have No Choice

'Earth's Greatest Enemy' Shows Us We Have No Choice

A new documentary details how the US military is destroying all forms of life—from oceans, plants, and animals to the communities it attacks and...

saturday 2

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Aaron Kirshenbaum

The Hemispheric Presidency: Emergency Powers and the New US Doctrine in Latin America

The Hemispheric Presidency: Emergency Powers and the New US Doctrine in Latin America

Trump's emerging doctrine is anchored in the expansion of presidential authority, representing the full extension of the unitary executive theory...

saturday 3

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Jose Atiles

Why Aren't American Farmers Protesting in the Streets?

Why Aren't American Farmers Protesting in the Streets?

Perhaps farmers in the United States should look south, to Mexico specifically, for guidance on what they should do to improve their economic...

saturday 1

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Anthony Pahnke

Bad Bunny vs. MAGA’s Bigoted Vision of America

Bad Bunny vs. MAGA’s Bigoted Vision of America

The hatefulness and histrionics of Trump's allies exemplify how the ill-formed and culturally biased so easily make fools of themselves.

saturday 2

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Ediberto Román

Mandani Won by Centering the Needs of New Yorkers

Mandani Won by Centering the Needs of New Yorkers

Mamdani has taken a page out of the Community Health Scientists’ playbook and has developed a plan by the people and for the people.

07.11.2025 6

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Daylan Dufelmeier

Time to Flex: Lessons for Mamdani From My Time With AOC

Time to Flex: Lessons for Mamdani From My Time With AOC

You can’t change a system by sending one or two people into it and hoping for the best. You have to build and use political power to break the...

07.11.2025 2

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Corbin Trent

Our Cities Are Not Training Grounds for War

Our Cities Are Not Training Grounds for War

What neighborhoods need are affordable housing, accessible healthcare, well-funded schools, and good jobs—not Humvees on their corners.

07.11.2025 3

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Katerina Canyon

Mamdani Won New York City, But the Battle for Winning a Working-Class Agenda Has Just Begun

Mamdani Won New York City, But the Battle for Winning a Working-Class Agenda Has Just Begun

The battle for a more affordable and egalitarian society is just beginning. Leaders like Zohran Mamdani need to gain even deeper traction with...

07.11.2025 1

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Les Leopold

Trump's Reckless War Drums in Nigeria Stink of Islamophobia and Imperial Arrogance

Trump's Reckless War Drums in Nigeria Stink of Islamophobia and Imperial Arrogance

For the sake of Nigerian lives and the American soul, we must not allow Trump to drag America into a quagmire of his own making.

07.11.2025 1

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Chloe Atkinson

It’s 2025. The AI Revolution Is Destroying the American Dream

It’s 2025. The AI Revolution Is Destroying the American Dream

The rise of AI will exacerbate income inequality throughout the country, and it’s the government’s duty to step up and take care of its citizens...

07.11.2025 2

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Stephanie Justice

On Cheney, Trump, and the Nature of Violence

On Cheney, Trump, and the Nature of Violence

As a nation, as a unified planet, we need to create a future that’s bigger than Trump, bigger than Cheney—bigger than what they could imagine in...

06.11.2025 20

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Robert C. Koehler

Welcome Back Inflation! Thanks to Trump, Soon You’ll Be Bigger Than Ever!

Welcome Back Inflation! Thanks to Trump, Soon You’ll Be Bigger Than Ever!

When Americans hurt by the rising cost of living believed Donald Trump, they made a big mistake.

06.11.2025 20

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Mitchell Zimmerman

Mamdani's Win Is Proof That an Organized Public Can Defeat Organized Money

Mamdani's Win Is Proof That an Organized Public Can Defeat Organized Money

The most consistent project of elite politics is to cultivate resignation: Nothing can change, no one like you can win, best not to try. When that...

06.11.2025 10

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Tim Hjersed

Trump's Murderous Policy Against Venezuela Is Part of a Bloody History

Trump's Murderous Policy Against Venezuela Is Part of a Bloody History

On the long tail of US intervention in Latin America and the Caribbean.

06.11.2025 2

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Chuck Idelson

Mamdani’s Win and the Price of Urban Life: Why City Voters Are Seeking Change

Mamdani’s Win and the Price of Urban Life: Why City Voters Are Seeking Change

The soaring costs of city life appear to be sending urban voters toward progressive leaders who promise relief, both in the US and globally.

06.11.2025 2

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Lynn Parramore

MAMDANI WINS!!!—Now the Hard Work Begins

MAMDANI WINS!!!—Now the Hard Work Begins

Any success he achieves as mayor will be due to the strength of the movement that prevailed in the primary and continued to grow for his election...

06.11.2025 1

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Peter Olney