The burgeoning pro-democracy, anti-Trump movement known as 50501 expects to drive tens and possibly hundreds of thousands to protest in 1,000 cities and towns on Saturday.
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Green New Deal XXI: The Rich Are Killing Our Planet. Make Super-Wealth History
We need to reverse policies that make the super-rich even richer, and create a narrative to challenge their wealth and devastating power, which are inextricably linked.
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The National Debt Doesn't Matter, and It Can Go Unpaid Forever
Americans’ finances could be personally affected if elected officials put our earned benefits like Social Security on the chopping block, all just to undertake a simple accounting maneuver.
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The GOP Speaker Battle May Have Been a Dry Run for the Next January 6th
Republicans are more fractured and divided than they have been in recent memory—and the trend of appeasing a toxic minority of representatives could prove dangerous, not just for the business of governing but for democracy itself.
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Who's to Blame for the New GOP House Majority, Part III: The Supreme Court
SCOTUS played a role in cementing Republican control of the House of Representatives through at least January of 2025. The decision in Moore v. Harper could extend the damage.
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Who's to Blame for the New GOP House Majority, Part II: Racial Gerrymandering
This is Part 2 of an exclusively Occupy.com series analyzing the 2022 midterm elections.
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Who's to Blame for the New GOP House Majority, Part I: Andrew Cuomo
Credit for what House Republicans do between 2023 and 2024 should go partially to New York’s disgraced former governor, who appointed conservative judges that helped flip New York’s congressional seats red.
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The Threat of Republican Fascism, Part IV: Terrorizing the Trans Community
The reason the Republican Party’s embrace of anti-transgender politics reeks of fascism is because it follows the Nazi playbook almost to the letter.
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Biden's Declaration that Pandemic is 'Over' Hurts Struggling Workers the Most
The announcement could end pandemic-related federal safety net programs that millions of struggling Americans are still counting on to meet basic needs like food and shelter.
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The U.S. Power Elite Requires Student Debt to Sustain Itself
The student debt system serves the dual purpose of making higher education available only for those who come from wealthy families or those willing to take on a lifetime of debt, along with crushing younger generations’ will to rebel.
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The Threat of Republican Fascism, Part III: Why Grassroots Direct Action Is Needed Now
If we seek to prevent large-scale violence against a unified fascist government, it’s important to make it impossible for fascists to unify.
