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Sanders To Launch Our Revolution, Wed, Aug. 24 Join Bernie Sanders Wed, Aug. 24 – to launch Our Revolution – at more than 2,000 organizing meetings nationwide. Find a house meeting in your area. Or, if you can’t host or get to a house, meeting, you can find the live...
The Populist Uprising Isn't Over; It's Only Just Begun
Tom Frank says populism may be permanently discredited by Trump's bigotry. Clinton's decisive victory will be the triumph of the establishment center, the Davos elites. But this election won't end a struggle that has only just begun.
The New Normal: Organizing to Break the Cycle of Climate Disaster
The record-breaking floods in Louisiana are the latest example of what many working people already know all too well: Climate change has already begun – and it is wrecking our communities.
Wingnut Week In Review: Trump Takes “Alt” Out of “Alt-Right”
Donald Trump’s campaign shake-up completes the process of bringing white supremacists and white nationalists from the extreme fringe into the mainstream of American conservatism and the GOP.
Is Making Corporations Pay Wages "Burdensome Government Regulation?"
The Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation established that employers in the United States have to pay wages. Conservatives have been fighting this ever since.
Trump's Estate Tax: An Aristocrat's Gift to His Friends and Family
Trump’s empathy seems to extend only as far as his aristocratic peers, for they—and only they—will directly benefit from his economic policies ... his call to repeal the estate tax is targeted toward his fellow princes and princesses.
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Justice Dept. To End Use of Private Prisons Justice Department cites weak track record of private prisons. NYT: "Sally Q. Yates, the deputy attorney general, wrote in a memo [that private prisons] 'do not save substantially on costs,' and they provide fewer...
Will The “Fix the Debt” Manipulators Ever Reform Themselves?
The billionaires and CEOs behind "Fix the Debt" have a lot of nerve. Once again they're using cheap scare tactics and some manipulative “nudging” to drum up support for cutting Social Security benefits.
Important Victory In The Fight Against Private Prisons
The Justice Department has issued a memo announcing that it would begin the process of "reducing – and ultimately ending – our use of privately operated prisons."
Aetna Shows Why We Need a Single Payer
The best argument for a single-payer health plan is the recent decision by giant health insurer Aetna to bail out next year from 11 of the 15 states where it sells Obamacare plans.
