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Why Are American Samoans Not American Citizens?

Edward Hunt Foreign Policy in Focus
In a recently published brief, the Justice Department claimed that residents of U.S. territories do not have a right to U.S. citizenship under the Constitution.

Modeling the Future of Religion in America

Stephanie Kramer, Conrad Hackett, Marcin Stonawski - Primary Researchers Pew Research Center
If recent trends in religious switching continue, Christians could make up less than half of the U.S. population within a few decades

Workers at Big Brands Like Starbucks Aren’t the Only Ones Unionizing

Christopher R. Martin Jacobin
The uptick in union organizing at brands like Amazon and Starbucks has rightly drawn attention from mainstream media. But worker organizing is underway at companies you’ve never heard of, too — and drawing little attention from outlets like the New York Times.

The 1877 Class War That America Forgot

Ryan Zickgraf Jacobin
In 1877, one million workers went on strike and fought police and federal troops in cities across America. The monikers “Great Upheaval” and “Great Railroad Strike” undersell what verged on a second Civil War — this time pitting labor against capital.