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  1. In Los Angeles, Labor Redefines Itself
    9 Sep 2013 … In a watershed moment in labor history, the AFL-CIO has decided to expand its membership to include all groups fighting to organize workers. Continue reading
  2. Ensure Access to Safe and Affordable Rental Housing
    1 Jan 2015 … Half of all renters spend more than 30 percent of their gross income on housing, while 27 percent spend more than 50 percent — both sharp increases over the last decade. Continue reading
  3. Bernie, The Donald and the Sins of Liberalism: An American Version of Class Struggle Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images), and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images). To a degree, Trump and Sanders are competing for the same constituencies, writes Steve Fraser.
    6 Jun 2016 … Arising from the shadows of the American repressed, Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump have been sending chills through the corridors of establishment power. Who would have thunk it? Two men, both outliers, though in starkly different ways, seem to be Continue reading
  4. Sherman Alexie’s Young Adult Novel Pulled From Curriculum in Idaho Schools
    4 Apr 2014 … His award winning novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, is one of the most banned books in America. Continue reading
  5. The Past Isn’t Past: The Economic Case for Reparations Patricia Godbolt, first black student graduated from an integrated Norfolk, Va., high school, poses for a photo June 9, 1960, shortly before she received a diploma with honors from Norview High School. She was one of seven black students admitted to previously all white schools the previous year, under pressure of a Federal court order. (AP Photo/Neal V. Clark Jr.)
    6 Jun 2014 … The wealth gap between blacks and whites is a legacy of hundred of years of African-Americans being excluded from the American Dream. Continue reading
  6. America’s Coast-to-Coast Toxic Crisis FLINT, MI - JANUARY 26: Matt Hopper holds and comforts Nyla Hopper, age 5 of Flint, after she has her blood drawn to be tested for lead on January 26, 2016 at Eisenhower Elementary School in Flint, Michigan. Free lead screenings are performed for Flint children 6-years-old and younger, one of several events sponsored by Molina Healthcare following the city's water contamination and federal state of emergency. (Photo by Brett Carlsen/Getty Images)
    2 Feb 2016 … In truth, the United States has scores of “Flints” awaiting their moments. Think of them as ticking toxic time bombs -- just an austerity scheme or some official’s poor decision away from a public health disaster. Given this, it’s remarkable, Continue reading
  7. How Did We Become A Billionaires’ Republic? Demonstrator Randall Grey protests a taxation of the wealthy during a rally at Occupy Wall Street San Diego on Oct. 13, 2011 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Sandy Huffaker/Corbis via Getty Images)
    7 Jul 2017 … A constitution is not intended to embody a particular economic theory,” wrote Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. in 1905. Holmes was dissenting from the Court’s majority opinion in Lochner v. New York, which held that the New York Continue reading
  8. Recommended Reading: Fiscal Cliff Deal The lights of the U.S. Capitol remain lit into the night as the House continues to work on the "fiscal cliff" legislation proposed by the Senate, on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
    1 Jan 2013 … Want to know more about the 11th hour deal Congress and the White House reached early Tuesday morning? Here’s a collection of articles explaining what’s in the deal and differing viewpoints on the consequences. Continue reading
  9. Red Scares and Radical Imagination Graphic of Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant against backdrop of her hometown's skyline
    8 Aug 2016 … Bernie Sanders isn't the only one who is making socialism a politically winning concept, according to a new book that chronicles the rise of new activist movements across the United States. Continue reading
  10. Sen. Russ Feingold on Progressive Change; Mark Johnson Shows the Power of Music Russ Feingold (Photo: Tom Barrett)
    12 Dec 2008 … Bill Moyers talks to the Wisconsin senator about Obama's presidency and the Grammy-winning producer on his new documentary. Continue reading