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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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.
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Announcing PeoplesHub: Skills for a Local Revolution
What if we created an online space where people coached each other about how to have meetings that energize, navigate conflict, or take the first steps toward building a new economy?
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Germany's Coal Problem: A Growing Question Mark At the UN Climate Summit
Many agree that Germany's continued mining of lignite coal – the dirtiest type there is – undermines its green image. This past week, the Greens in Germany abruptly dropped their commitment to stopping coal and reducing car emissions.