Democrats’ Rural Problem

Now that the state has fair election maps, the only thing stopping the left from flipping rural districts is themselves.

Taxes for Big Companies Fell by 50% After Trump Cuts

And this is the policy Republicans and their presumptive presidential nominee are vowing to extend if they win in November.

Are Critics of Student Protests Anti-Semitic?

The distinction between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism is quite simple, and the protesting students recognise it.

War in Sudan

The outcome of this catastrophic war, even if touted as a “victory” by either side, will only be the exacerbation in the suffering of our people, and a hastening towards our country becoming a failed state.

A Third Reconstruction and the 2024 Elections

If our goal is a robust democracy and working-class power, the experiences of the Civil War-Reconstruction era and the Second Reconstruction of the 1950s-’60s provide crucial lessons for breaking out of our current impasse.

Friday Nite Videos | May 3, 2024

Blue Bottle Baristas Are Organizing. Like a Kidney Stone | Bob Dylan and Women Journalists. Jesse Watters Math | The Daily Show. I Am Gitmo | Movie. Why Do So Many Americans Support a Neofascist?

Student Journalists: What’s Really Happening on Campus

POLITICO Magazine asked leaders of campus news organizations to set the record straight about campus unrest, antisemitism and what the media is getting wrong. Here's what 14 of them saw and what they think.

It’s Time To Tax the Billionaires

The idea that billionaires should pay a minimum amount of income tax is not a radical idea. A global coordinated minimum tax on the superrich will not fix capitalism. But it is a necessary first step.

Zach Shrewsbury Vows To Represent WV’s Working Class

Grassroots organizer and former Marine Zach Shrewsbury is vying for a seat in the U.S. Senate against a Manchin-backed candidate and an ex-coal excecutive in the state’s Democratic primary in May

Campus Protest: Here’s What You Should Worry About

You may not agree with their demands. And you might not like their strategy. But here is what I think everyone should know and be deeply worried about.
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Culture

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Evelyn Hutchins

Peter Neil Carroll Sketches From Spain: Homage to the Abraham Lincoln Brigade
Saturday May 4 the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA) honors the memory of the US volunteers of the Spanish Civil War by awarding the ALBA-Puffin Human Rights Award to “18by Vote.”

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What Are ‘Food Barons’— and Why Should You Care?

Charlie Hope D’Anieri The Bittman Project
The rise of the baron illustrates the failures of our approach to food policy better than a dry description of policies ever could. For example, the story of the Grain Barons tells the history of the Farm Bill and how it has corrupted the food system

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Climate Change

Eve Sutton
It’s the Idea of Spring and poet Eve Sutton has been reminding us that climate change has been going on for a long time. It is no joke!

Labor

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The End of Lean Production… and What’s Ahead

Kim Moody Labor Notes
Companies like Target are following Amazon’s lead, seeking to control inventory levels and outpace their rivals by creating dense networks of facilities and adding vehicles.

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A Great Week for American Workers

Harold Meyerson American Prospect
The seven days between Friday, April 19, and Thursday, April 25, saw a succession of worker victories that was almost breathtaking in its scope.

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I Am Gitmo | Movie

I Am Gitmo is a intense drama movie that’s based on true events directed Philippe Diaz. Now in select theaters. Full review.