Rebecca Burns

From Victories to Union Militancy, 5 Reasons for Workers to Celebrate This Labor Day

The U.S. labor movement may still be under siege, thanks to powerful anti-union forces, including the Trump administration. But with approval of unions at a 15-year high, and a wave of labor militancy on the rise, working people have plenty to celebrate this Labor Day.

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Sarah Jaffe

As the World Burns

Catastrophes in the Amazon and elsewhere are flash points for the larger, ongoing crisis that claims lives in less spectacular fashion—one that sees life itself as expendable.

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Jim Naureckas

NYT Steers Dems Away From the Obvious Formula for Defeating Trump

Edsall, it seems, has the task of providing the intellectual arguments for why the Democrats should not adopt the progressive economic agenda that would benefit them electorally.

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Will Bunch

The Constitution’s 3 Ways to Stop a Demagogue Like Trump Haven’t Worked. Now What?

The only thing that could end Trump’s presidency—and the threat of a nuclear first strike on hurricanes or whatever—before January 20, 2021, is a powerful demonstration that a strong majority of the American people find the current state of affairs intolerable.

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