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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Supporters of Medicare for All are right. Funding universal health insurance through taxes would lead to a large tax cut for the vast majority of workers."

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Shanghai Donghai Bridge's 100mw offshore wind power project is China's first national offshore wind power demonstration project in the early morning light of morning in Shanghai, Oct. 4, 2019.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Let's get going!"



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The night before the House of Representatives takes a historic vote to impeach Trump," progressive groups said of the anticipated action, "we'll head to every congressional office and public square to declare that nobody is above the law."


President Donald Trump answered questions from the press while departing the White House on Nov. 26, 2018 in Washington, D.C.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Days after "lynching" comment, the president addresses a forum at Benedict College in South Carolina.

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The Kings Bay Plowshares Seven were found guilty of their actions on April 4, 2018 protesting the trdient base in Brunswick, Georgia.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"I really think that the verdict was, frankly, reactionary."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The city was so adamant that the officer 'feared for his life.' Why were they hiding the video? If a picture speaks a thousand words, then the video speaks a million words."


Abrams tanks

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Capping off a week of widely criticized comments from members of the Trump administration about emerging White House plans to use U.S. troops to control oil fields in northeastern Syria, Defense Secretary Mark Esper confirmed Friday that the Pentagon is working to "strengthen" U.S. military presence in the region.

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For starters, the talking heads who are invited on news shows rarely, if ever, speak of the corporate crime wave, the corporate welfare scandals, or many preventable mass casualties that flow from corporate negligence and cover-ups.(Photo: Screenshot/Youtube)

by Ralph Nader
The foregoing case for a single-payer health insurance system is just one example of how corporate power prevails when there is media and political exclusion of the informed and experienced civic community.


The answer the threats facing the bees and other pollinators, writes filmmaker Peter Nelson "is not going to come from the top, but is going to come from our own citizen actions on a grassroots level." (Photo: Peter Nelson / 'The Pollinators')

by Peter Nelson
If these beekeepers are worried, we all should be: our diet depends upon pollination for one of every three bites we eat.


Jane Fonda was not just lending her celebrity status. She was taking a personal risk and challenging all of us to create the space for massive, diverse, cross-sector civic engagement to end our fossil fuel dependency now. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

by Wendy Fields
Fossil fuel pollution will affect all of us, regardless of where we are on the political spectrum, or our race, class, gender, or zip code.


Activist outside the Congress demanding a vote to pass ' The Green New Deal'. The Senate is expected to vote Tuesday afternoon at 4:00 PM to begin debate on a sweeping resolution to combat climate change, the Green New Deal, which was introduced by freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, of New York, and Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey. Washington, D.C. March 26, 2019. (Photo: Aurora Samperio/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

by James Haslam
It's time for us to come together, and demand what our country needs to ensure our survival—including electing politicians who support a shared new vision of the future: one that’s rooted in community-based solutions and intersectional organizing.


CNN showed a split-second glimpse of trans protesters at its LGBTQ town hall (10/10/19) before cutting back to candidate Pete Buttigieg.

by Julie Hollar
It’s time for journalists to step up and cover these issues with the urgency they deserve, both at the debates and in their daily election coverage.


When the centrist neoliberals tell you that change is incremental, what they’re really saying is they don’t want that much change. And the reason they don’t is that they are beholden to corporations and rich folks. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

by John Atcheson
We either ignite a revolution built around values, and take back the country from the neoliberal centrists, or we risk another Trump victory.

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