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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Labor Strikes Back: A Forum on How Workers Can Win
Based on recent labor activism by teachers and workers, there is a clear opportunity to build a “mass movement from below” and bring a bottom (99%) versus top (1%) progressive strategy to the 2020 elections.
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How Businesses Have Changed Since the #MeToo Movement
Equal treatment for women in the workplace has been a point of contention since the advent of the women’s rights movement a half century ago.
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Older American Descend Into Retirement Without A Golden Parachute
The rate of bankruptcy for those 65 and older increased more than 200 percent between 1991-2016, paralleling the decline of workers in defined benefits plans.
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‘We Are Part of the Problem’: Billionaires and Heirs Demand Wealth Tax
“We are writing to call on all candidates for President to support a moderate wealth tax on the fortunes of the richest one-tenth of the richest 1% of Americans — on us,” said the letter signed by 19 billionaires.
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Public Acrimony Meets Political Circus As Tories Consider Next UK Prime Minister
“The only way to give the people of Britain the respect and democracy they deserve is to have a general election and let us decide who is going to lead us through profoundly turbulent times.”
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“No Pasaran”: Catalan Political Prisoners, Rising Fascism And Spain's Show Trial
"If [Spanish] police violence could not stop thousands of people from voting in the referendum, does anyone believe that a sentence will cause Catalans to stop fighting for their rights?"
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Fed Up With the System, Young Voters Engage for 2020
A recent poll indicates that young voters are energized and mobilized six months after the midterms – and could play a significant role shaking up the White House, Congress and state governments.
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Some 2 Million Hong Kong Protesters Return to the Streets
Protesters filled Hong Kong’s streets again on Sunday, cramming subway stations and turning roads into a sea of black to protest their government’s handling of a proposal to allow extraditions to China.
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Clearing the Air: A Green New Deal for Grenfell
Seeking justice for Grenfell residents enables us to ask bigger questions about ending environmental racism – and makes it possible to imagine communities and cities not consumed by the car.
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New Study Shows How Poverty Affects the Human Genome
A new study suggests that the effects of poverty aren't strictly a question of nature versus nurture – but that poverty can leave an actual imprint on human DNA.
