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Making Nuclear Weapons Usable Again

Last week’s off-year elections provided a window into the role money plays in our politics, and the possibilities for campaign finance for reform across the country.

Hari Kondabolu, the comedian explores the trouble with the animated Indian convenience store clerk through his own experiences and those of actors such as Aziz Ansari and Kal Penn in an hourlong documentary set to air on truTV.

The Trump Administration’s aggressive efforts to turn public lands over to the oil and gas industries threatens New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon, the epicenter of Puebloan civilization from 850 to 1250 AD. UNESCO termed the ancient urban ceremonial center “unlike anything constructed before or since.” The accelerated oil and gas development threatens the Native American connection to this sacred place and all our attempts to understand the mysteries of its way of life.

Author China Mieville lays out a list of 50 science fiction and fantasy works he feels every socialist ought to read.

The overriding aim of democratic socialist strategy is to weaken the power of business, before breaking with capitalism entirely.

The fight over the proposed Pebble mine in southern Alaska is a harbinger: Global copper demand is expected to grow dramatically.

"Enough is enough. Pipelines leak - it's not a question of 'if', but 'when.'"

Just as enthusiasm for collective bargaining grows, labor’s political power and influence wane toward a historic nadir.

Marsha de la O, a southern California poet, depicts most tenderly the hard wages of environmental pollution.