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Beware Corporate Democrats “Passing the Torch”

Norman Solomon Common Dreams
Congressman Hakeem Jeffries is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, but that affiliation for the heir apparent to the current House Speaker should not be taken at face value.

COVID-19 in China and Global Concern

Katelyn Jetelina Your Local Epidemiologist
It’s clear that the ever-stricter measures in China are failing to keep up with more-transmissible variants while becoming increasingly costly to society. This has caused country-wide protests sparked by frustration, anger, discontent, and despair.

The Culture Workers Go on Strike

Alissa Quart The New Republic
From the New School to museums and book publishers, we’re witnessing the black-turtleneck-worker uprising.

If There's a Budget Mess This Time, It Belongs to Gov. Scott Walker

The Editors Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
No one likes taxes, but government services cost money. And there is little evidence that tax cuts at the state level help juice a state's economy. A study in 2013 by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities found deep cuts in income taxes to be "an approach that has not worked particularly well in the past and is not supported by the preponderance of the relevant academic literature.

In Defeat, Teachout and Wu Say 'We Made History'

By Ashley Hupfl City & State
“This campaign is only the beginning of a campaign about fighting back,” Teachout said. “We have to be very clear with our elected officials in Albany—including the governor, the senators, the members of the Assembly—that we are not going away. Our agenda is not going away. We’re not just voting, we are organizing, we are grassroots lobbying and we are holding our elected officials’ feet to the fire.”