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Post Office Worker

Postal-Service Workers Are Shouldering the Burden for Amazon Postal-Service Workers Are Shouldering the Burden for Amazon

The tech giant’s rise has pushed mail clerks and carriers to the breaking point.

Feb 21, 2018 / Jake Bittle

Dylan Baierlein, a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, speaks to protesters at a Call To Action Against Gun Violence rally by the Interfaith League and others in Delray Beach, Florida.

Support Young People Taking Action to End Gun Violence Support Young People Taking Action to End Gun Violence

You can also join a campaign to kick politicians beholden to the gun lobby out of office.

Feb 20, 2018 / NationAction

Illinois Voting Machine

Congress Can Act Right Now to Prevent Interference in the 2018 Elections Congress Can Act Right Now to Prevent Interference in the 2018 Elections

Better voting machines and more secure systems are possible.

Feb 19, 2018 / John Nichols

Robert Mueller

The Russiagate Intelligence Wars: What We Do and Don’t Know The Russiagate Intelligence Wars: What We Do and Don’t Know

The Carter Page saga, and the battle over the dueling GOP and Democratic memos, is only one chapter in the investigation.

Feb 16, 2018 / Bob Dreyfuss

Red Square in Moscow

If America ‘Won the Cold War,’ Why Is There Now a ‘Second Cold War with Russia’? If America ‘Won the Cold War,’ Why Is There Now a ‘Second Cold War with Russia’?

The ongoing role of false narratives and historical fallacies.

Feb 14, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

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Randy Bryce’s Campaign Is Not Just Pro-Union—It’s Unionized Randy Bryce’s Campaign Is Not Just Pro-Union—It’s Unionized

The Campaign Workers Guild has negotiated its first collectively bargained contract, with the Democratic candidate challenging Paul Ryan.

Feb 12, 2018 / John Nichols

Mike Pence introduces Trump

The ‘Right-to-Try’ Unproven Pharmaceuticals Is a Right-Wing Scheme The ‘Right-to-Try’ Unproven Pharmaceuticals Is a Right-Wing Scheme

Proposals to loosen the Food and Drug Administration’s oversight of experimental drugs sound compassionate—but there’s little evidence they’ll help patients.

Feb 12, 2018 / Zoë Carpenter

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Shoved Aside Again, DACA Activists Keep Fighting Shoved Aside Again, DACA Activists Keep Fighting

To undocumented youth activists, public gestures by Democrats ring hollow.

Feb 9, 2018 / Julianne Hing

Work Requirements Failed Once, and They’ll Fail Again

Work Requirements Failed Once, and They’ll Fail Again Work Requirements Failed Once, and They’ll Fail Again

Requiring Medicaid recipients to find employment is a cruel solution to a nonexistent problem.

Feb 8, 2018 / Bryce Covert

devin nunes

Russiagate or Intelgate? Russiagate or Intelgate?

The publication of the Republican House Committee memo and reports of other documents increasingly suggest not only a “Russiagate” without Russia but also something darker: The “co...

Feb 7, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

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