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A shuttered refinery in Philly shows why climate activists can’t afford to ignore labor.
Mindy Isser
The labor movement and climate movement have often been painted as unlikely allies, locked in a natural conflict
Wall Street superpower eyes the electricity business
Sarah Okeson
Goldman Sachs sets up a Cayman Island company to take a position in the power market
Deep state: It doesn’t mean what Trump thinks it means
Rebecca Gordon
The "Deep State" also means the little-noticed machinery of governance that keeps dependably churning
The decade Republicans hijacked our democracy, via the gerrymander
David Daley
In our broken political system, majorities often can't translate the will of the people to action. This is why
The army quietly re-opens its infamous germ warfare lab
Sarah Okeson
The Fort Detrick laboratory experiments with ebola, plague and other deadly toxins
Trump quietly provides offshore drilling industry “sweetheart giveaway”
Andrea Germanos
Interior Secretary David Bernhardt was condemned Monday for a proposed policy shift on offshore drilling
Progressives in Congress just capitulated on the Patriot Act — it’s time to push back
Norman Solomon
If the Congressional Progressive Caucus won't stand up to the military-surveillance complex, what's the point?
Prosecutors investigating the Trump Organization zero in on Trump CFO Allen Weisselberg
Peter Elkind
Weisselberg is one of the Trump Organization’s longest tenured employees and is now co-running the business.
Trump’s self-destructive diet: Psychiatrist says unhealthy food choices may affect his mental health
Joseph Neese
Why Trump's consumption of "some of the worst-quality foods" is worrisome, according to Dr. Bandy Lee
The fire next time: California’s rolling blackouts are no substitute for serious prevention
Carl Pope
California has likely survived this year's fire season. But across the West, not nearly enough is being done
Not the end of the fight, say justice advocates, as NYC passes plan to close Rikers, open new jails
Andrea Germanos
"We should be fighting mass incarceration and all cages"
Sorry, Ellen and Mayor Pete, but no: We’re not ready to forgive Trump voters
Amanda Marcotte
The "Ellen" debate question sparks anger — and for good reason. Why should we forgive people who supported fascism?
The power’s out in California. Is this what our future looks like?
Nathanael Johnson
The PG&E outage give us a chance to see how we might cope with less reliable electricity
“Both sides” fever strikes again: Why does New York Times insist on doing favors for Trump?
Amanda Marcotte
Oops, they did it again: New York Times nourishes another Trump conspiracy theory that has no basis in fact
Trump counterprogramming: New immigration crackdown while Ukraine scandal unfolds
Sophia Tesfaye
While the political world focuses on impeachment, Stephen Miller pushes new limits on refugees, asylum seekers
Donald Trump and game theory: Expert says no brilliant 3-D chess is involved
Chauncey DeVega
NYU game-theory scholar Steven Brams says Trump's unpredictability would work better in poker than in politics
Who are the real invaders on planet Earth?
Tom Engelhardt
In this century, there has been only one true invader on planet Earth: the United States of America
5 reasons for workers to celebrate this Labor Day
Rebecca Burns
This year, there are more reasons than usual for working people to rejoice.
ICE allegedly shut down immigrant hotline after it appeared on “Orange Is the New Black”
Tyler Hersko
The hotline helped detained immigrants, who do not automatically have a right to a lawyer, find legal counsel
The case that made an ex-ICE attorney realize the government was relying on false “evidence”
Melissa del Bosque
Years after quitting ICE, Laura Peña returned to the fight — defending migrants she’d once prosecuted
Donald Trump and the Republican Party hate America: It’s time to say it
David Masciotra
For all they blather on about patriotism, the unctuous Republicans are the ones who really despise their country
One budget line Congress can agree on: Spending billions on the U.S. military
Rebecca U. Thorpe
Since WWII, there’s been strong partisan support for military spending
Gabby Giffords calls on Mitch McConnell to apologize for joking about deaths of political opponents
Joseph Neese
"The nation is turning to Leader McConnell right now for leadership, and this is the furthest thing from it"
Mitch McConnell fractures shoulder amid Democratic calls to reconvene Senate to vote on gun control
Shira Tarlo
Calls to cancel the Senate's August recess come after two mass shootings left at least 29 dead and 53 injured
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