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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In Germany, Resistance to Trump Is Sharpening
Just a year and a half into the Trump presidency, anti-Americanism is on the rise here and German-American interests are quickly diverging.
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Rise for Climate: Thousands March Across U.S. to Protest Environment Crisis
Tens of thousands of people took part in nationwide marches on Saturday, calling for a swift transition to renewable energy in order to stave off the various perils of climate change.
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Today It Locks Up Immigrants. But CoreCivic’s Roots Lie in the Brutal Past of America’s Prisons.
The renewed fortunes and the hidden history of the for-profit prison industry.
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The Real ‘Takers’: The CEO Gravy Train Picks Up Steam
The long-term trend is obvious: The rewards that capitalism bestows on elites, especially since the 1990s, are diverging sharply from what it bestows on workers.
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Bernie Sanders Introduces ‘Stop BEZOS Act’ In the Senate
The “Stop Bad Employers by Zeroing Out Subsidies Act” would establish a 100 percent tax on government benefits received by workers at Amazon, Walmart and all companies with at least 500 employees.
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Can Cities Pave the Way Toward a Universal Basic Income?
As places like Stockton and Chicago begin to experiment with UBI pilot programs, the idea is finally moving from theory to practice.
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National Prison Strike Demands An End to Slave Labor
While past prison strikes haven’t always gained much attention, this action – focusing on ending indentured, low-paid work by prisoners – is yielding different results.
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Labor Unions Turn to New Strategies In Effort To Shape Midterm Elections
If labor adapts to the changing economic and political realities that got Trump elected, it can play an outsized role helping reshape the body politic as economic insecurity increases for the majority.
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Gospels of Giving for the New Gilded Age
Are today’s donor classes solving problems – or creating new ones?
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Win for Indigenous Communities As Canadian Court Kills Trans Mountain Pipeline
Canada's Federal Court of Appeals ruled that the controversial Trans Mountain Pipeline, a project of Kinder Morgan, cannot move forward.