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This Holiday Season, Give the Gift of a Habitable Planet This Holiday Season, Give the Gift of a Habitable Planet

The US economy depends on consumers consuming and the earth depends on us not consuming. Which are we going to choose?

Dec 23, 2021 / Frida Berrigan

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A Million Afghan Children Could Starve This Winter. Are US Sanctions to Blame? A Million Afghan Children Could Starve This Winter. Are US Sanctions to Blame?

Partly as a result of US policy, Afghanistan’s economy is expected to contract by 30 percent.

Dec 23, 2021 / Brian Osgood

Rep. Pramila Jayapal

Pramila Jayapal Is Not Having Any of Your Nonsense Pramila Jayapal Is Not Having Any of Your Nonsense

The progressive leader discusses her last call with Joe Manchin, her frustration with the idea that “the Squad” and Bernie Sanders were right and she was wrong, and her determinati...

Dec 22, 2021 / Joan Walsh

Ohio State Student Protest

How Students Seized The Year How Students Seized The Year

It’s been another tumultuous, traumatic year, but young people continue to organize.

Dec 22, 2021 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Gabriel Boric Election photo

The Challenge of Chile The Challenge of Chile

The election of Gabriel Boric, a left-wing president, has consequences far beyond the country’s borders.

Dec 21, 2021 / Ariel Dorfman

A Sheriff for the People

A Sheriff for the People A Sheriff for the People

Following her recent victory in New Orleans, Susan Hutson will become the first female Black sheriff in Louisiana history.

Dec 21, 2021 / Tom Gogola

Remembering the Clarion Call of bell hooks

Remembering the Clarion Call of bell hooks Remembering the Clarion Call of bell hooks

My recollections of the late scholar, who revolutionized her fields.

Dec 21, 2021 / Patricia J. Williams

Keeping COP26 Promises?

Keeping COP26 Promises? Keeping COP26 Promises?

US and China CO2 reductions: The clock is ticking.

Dec 17, 2021 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Faith leaders rally at the Capitol in support of Build Back Better

The Lives Hanging in the Balance of Build Back Better The Lives Hanging in the Balance of Build Back Better

As negotiations drag on, the economic security of millions of Americans is at stake. For these four families, the bill would make an enormous difference.

Dec 16, 2021 / Bryce Covert

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This Is Life After the Dixie Fire This Is Life After the Dixie Fire

People in high places with money to share are not riding over the ridge to our rescue.

Dec 16, 2021 / Jane Braxton Little

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