We have to be smart in how we fight against Trump and the Republican Party this time around. That means picking our battles wisely, and not taking bait that’s dangled in front of our faces.
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Here Are Five Ways the Trump Administration Could Be the Death of FDR’s New Deal
The New Deal and Great Society aren’t dead yet — but they're definitely on life support.
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"Morally Reprehensible" New Orleans Utility Used Paid Actors As Protesters
In a textbook case of astroturfing, the sub-contractor of a local power utility in New Orleans paid people to act as supporters of a proposed $200 million gas-fired power plant.
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Public Banking Comes to the Territories
A new public bank in American Samoa draws attention to the poverty and inequality in America’s territories.
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The End of Roe
Anthony Kennedy’s retirement ensures the Supreme Court will allow states to outlaw abortion.
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Rebel Cities 7: Water Wars for the Human Right to Water in Athens and Beyond
In Greece, which has faced austerity-on-steroids since 2010, privatization and asset stripping have driven the story as cities fight to preserve their water systems from corporate takeover.
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Brazilian Mom in Immigrant Family Separation Lawsuit Hopes Ruling Spares Other Parents Pain
"I joined this case to recover my son and so that what happened to me wouldn’t happen to other mothers."
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An Economy that Works for All: Learning from the UK's Labour Manifesto
What Bernie Sanders is not talking about is a more thorough transformation of the economy that would democratize wealth and how it is created – like the UK Labour Party is proposing.
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Cutting Out Wall Street – And Putting the “Public” in Public Banking
Private interests’ influence over banking consumes, rather than sustains, the public good.
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Dear Democratic Party: It's Time to Stop Rigging the Primaries
If Democrats want any hope of voting Trump out, they must fix the broken primary system before the next election.
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Rebel Cities 6: How Jackson, Mississippi Is Making the Economy Work for the People
Through participatory democracy and building counter-power, Jackson is organizing, and co-designing, an escape from capitalism and structural racism.
