We asked thinkers on the left—and a couple of outliers—to describe their vision for a re-imagined American economy. Just a decade ago, “socialism” was a dirty word in American politics. Not anymore.
Sarita Gupta, Stephen Lerner, & Joseph A. McCartin
The American Prospect
A call for a new union strategy from three prominent workers' advocates. It is the concentration of wealth and power in this new economy, not computerization or artificial intelligence, that represents the gravest threat to our future.
Politicians and pundits used Mollie’s death to promote various political agendas. We appealed to them and they graciously stopped. Sadly, others have ignored our request. They have instead chosen to callously distort and corrupt Mollie’s tragic death
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Ben Jealous faces stiff competition in Maryland's gubernatorial race and not just from incumbent Republican Gov. Larry Hogan. The Washington Post – which dominates D.C.’s media landscape – has set its sights on defeating Jealous.
A proudly self-identifying Palestinian-American woman is poised to represent Palestinians in an institution that has treated them as invisible and expendable. Together with Ocasio-Cortez and Tlab, Congress will hear voices for Palestinian justice.
"Those in power have absolutely no feeling any more for what the people are going through. That's why we want Stand Up, so that people like you and I get a voice, and that politics is done for the millions, not for billionaires."
Kavanaugh’s confirmation will mark the triumph of a conservative legal counterrevolution aimed at neutralizing the use of law as an instrument of progressive social and economic reform.
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