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‘It Won’t Be Hundreds of Thousands of Refugees in the Next 20 years, It Will Be Millions’

With higher temps, rising seas, droughts, floods, and storms, climate change is already becoming a driver of mass migrations.

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After Decades of Discrimination, Farm & Vineyard Workers Get Pesticide Protections

Farm workers will now have sweeping new protections from pesticides under new EPA rules.

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Why Big Tech May Be Getting Too Big

The enterprises of the country are aggregating vast corporate combinations of unexampled capital, boldly marching, not for economical conquests only, but for political power.

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How the South Drives American Wages Down

A closer look at how the Southern slave labor system was rebooted and rolled out to the rest of America.

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Why the Republican Assault on Planned Parenthood is Morally Wrong and Economically Stupid

Planned Parenthood’s contraceptive services are one of the major reasons we don’t have more abortions in the United States.

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Inspired by Oregon, California to Take Major Step for Democracy: Automatic Registration

While many GOP-led states restrict voter access, California and Oregon are on the vanguard of strengthening democracy through automatic registration.

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Sanders Issues Moral Challenge at Falwell’s Liberty University in Virginia

Bernie Sanders went to Liberty University to make the case that fighting for economic justice is a moral undertaking.

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What Do 800-Year-Old Magna Carta & Black Lives Matter Have in Common?

The Magna Carta is considered the foundation democracy and human rights. What’s the Great Charter’s connection to BlackLivesMatter?

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Seattle Teachers Strike for School Reforms

For the first time in 30 years, Seattle teachers are hitting the picket lines for educational reforms.

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A Nation of Sociopaths? What the Trump Phenomenon Says About America

To ask if the rogue Republican’s surge is good for Democrats is the wrong question.