Over the next two years, Democrats have the unfettered ability to be an albatross around the neck of the GOP — and to make sure that what little they manage to get done due to their paper-thin majorities becomes the reason for their undoing.
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Bernie Sanders Unveils 'A Thurgood Marshall Plan for Public Education'
With his 10-point proposal to overhaul the nation's schools, the presidential hopeful said he aims to "guarantee every person in our country a quality education as a fundamental human right."
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Strikes by U.S. Workers Outpacing Rate in 2018
New strikes this month by hospital workers in Toledo, Ohio; teachers in Oregon, Tennessee, and North and South Carolina; and international strikes and protests by Uber and Lyft drivers are further galvanizing the labor movement.
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Rebel Cities 24: How Catalonia's CUP Party Is Helping Reclaim Towns, Cities and Nation
The muncipalist thread interwoven into the radical Catalan independence movement offers insight into how to challenge state power—a paramount concern for municipalists everywhere.
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Monsanto Has Been Ordered To Pay More Than $2 Billion To A Couple With Cancer
The jury award marked the latest and most devastating blow to the agrochemical giant over its popular Roundup weed killer.
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Denver Takes Bold Step Toward Humane and Progressive Drug Policy... Again
The city's narrow vote to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms signals a significant shift in perspective – and insight – into personal, nonviolent drug use.
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Why the 'One Percent' In the U.S. Is Worried
The wealthy elite increasingly recognizes that the socioeconomic status quo in the U.S. is unsustainable.
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Record Student Loan Debt Shadows This Year’s College Graduates
Students face a Catch-22: not going to college almost guarantees not progressing into the middle class, but high student loan debt also restricts social and economic advancement.
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They’re Haunted by ‘Ghost Warrants’ Years After Their Arrests
Outdated or inaccurate charges often linger on people’s records and lead to devastating new stints in jail.
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AOC and Sanders Issue Plan To Tackle Greed of Wall Street 'Loan Sharks'
The legislation protects consumers by imposing a 15 percent federal cap on credit card interest rates – a major source of financial industry profits.
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Extinction Rebellion Must Evolve to Tackle Our Systemic Climate Crisis
To really tell the truth about climate change, the rebels in Extinction Rebellion need to call out climate criminals. Anything else is a whitewash.
