Journalists have a responsibility to plainly tell the truth about how truly different the Democrats and the Republicans are today, especially with both democracy and the rule of law at stake this November.
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Capitalism's Conclusion, Part I: What the Ohio Train Derailment Exposed
The Norfolk Southern derailment of trains carrying carcinogenic chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio, revealed what happens when the philosophy of putting profit above public health infects not just corporate boards, but the decision-making processes of government officials and regulators.
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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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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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Green New Deal XVIII: The Future Is Degrowth
A compelling new book argues why reaching a universally just and ecologically viable future requires us to shift into degrowth. Crucially, too, it signposts how to get there.
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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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Green New Deal XVII: Climate Litigation Is One Track To a Just Green Future
Worldwide climate litigation is a surging movement taking high polluting corporations, complicit nation-states or other climate criminals to court—and increasingly winning.
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GREEN NEW DEAL XVI: Undoing Neoliberalism's Spell and Reclaiming Common Sense
This is the sixteenth installment in a series about extending the Green New Deal to confront multiple global crises.
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Reckoning with Britain’s Cost-of-Living Crisis: Causes and Solutions
Having endured years of austerity, real-wage cuts, a crippling pandemic, and now soaring costs to energy prices and other living essentials, financially struggling families require immediate state support to help get through the cost-of-living crisis.
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Calls for UK to Tax Wealth, Not Work, Gather Momentum
A hike in National Insurance Contributions, a fundamental component of the UK welfare state, would hit lowest-paid people the hardest.
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20 years after 9/11, are Americans less free and less safe?
The reigning US foreign policy establishment has failed in a remarkable array of ways over the past two decades. Now, President Biden has a unique opportunity to pursue a new direction.