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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There was Progress at the Global Climate Summit. Now Urgent Action Is Needed.
Host Fiji drove meaningful progress at COP23, but the annual conference has succeeded within an international negotiation context that moves too slowly – mainly due to large industrial nations reluctant to rapidly transform their energy economies.
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Why We Need to Confront the Billionaires’ Paradise
Did your net worth grow by 17 percent last year? Unless you’re one of the world’s 1,542 billionaires, chances are it didn’t.
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Sexual Misconduct Scandals Focus on the Weinsteins, but Largely Ignore Their Poorer Victims
"Women in low-wage jobs, like hotel cleaners or farm workers, experience high levels of harassment because they do not have the bargaining power to push back."
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His Act of Defiance Went Viral. Now Elected, Braxton Winston Aims To Fix the System From Within
One of the newest faces of politics in Trump-era America is a man who became a prominent activist after a police shooting in Charlotte and a snapshot that went viral.
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Young, Brilliant, Criminal: Lauri Love and the Internet Activists Taking On U.S. Government
Love was arrested two years ago over his alleged participation in Operation Last Resort, carried out under the name of the hacktivist collective Anonymous. His lawyers argue that extraditing him from Britain would violate his human rights.
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15,000 Scientists Give Catastrophic Warning About the Fate of the World in New "Letter to Humanity"
"Time is running out."
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Town’s Private Prison Goes Bust
Contrary to popular belief, private prisons often don’t save the economies of the rural towns that seek them out.
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Trump Administration Seeks to Delay Findings on Pesticides
"It's appallingly clear that the pesticide industry is now essentially running Trump's EPA – rather than following the science and the law, the agency is turning its back on endangered species across the country."
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Reinventing Antifa In an Era of Rising Rightwing Power
With millions on the brink of absolute poverty, and Britain well on its way to achieving a hard Brexit even as Catalonia prepares for it own independence, the stage may be set for a new wave of populist right-wing extremism.
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More Than 400 Millionaires Tell Congress: Don’t Cut Our Taxes
The wealthy Americans — including doctors, lawyers, entrepreneurs and chief executives — say the GOP is making a mistake by reducing taxes on the richest families when the nation's debt is high and inequality is at the worst level since the 1920s.
