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Let’s Just Say It: Donald Trump Is a Sexist Pig Let’s Just Say It: Donald Trump Is a Sexist Pig

After a string of new revelations over the weekend, we can just say what has become obvious to everyone. 

Oct 3, 2016 / Joan Walsh

Referendum in Colombia

Did Human Rights Watch Sabotage Colombia’s Peace Agreement? Did Human Rights Watch Sabotage Colombia’s Peace Agreement?

Like the country’s far right, HRW wanted to send human-rights violators to prison more than it wanted to end the war. 

Oct 3, 2016 / Greg Grandin

Trump speaks in Pennsylvania

Dopey Donald Trump Can’t Figure Out Why AFL-CIO Members Aren’t Showing Up at His Rallies Dopey Donald Trump Can’t Figure Out Why AFL-CIO Members Aren’t Showing Up at His Rallies

The Republican nominee is discovering that running on “the most anti-worker, anti-union platform of any party in the history of the United States” might turn off union members...

Oct 3, 2016 / John Nichols

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September 11’s Biggest Lesson Still Hasn’t Been Learned—and It Has Nothing to Do With National Security September 11’s Biggest Lesson Still Hasn’t Been Learned—and It Has Nothing to Do With National Security

Liberty and safety are not incompatible; but try telling that to the national security state.

Oct 3, 2016 / Karen J. Greenberg

Starr and Minaj

Pop Progress: From the Beatles to Nicki Minaj Pop Progress: From the Beatles to Nicki Minaj

Popular music still works as a place where young people can try out notions that challenge ideas dear to their parents.

Oct 3, 2016 / David Hajdu

Familias Unidas Justicia

Why These Farm Workers Went On Strike—and Why It Matters Why These Farm Workers Went On Strike—and Why It Matters

Months of strikes and organizing in Washington led to the first U.S. farmworker union in years. 

Oct 3, 2016 / David Bacon

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The Fight for $15 Is Starting to Fight for Fair Schedules The Fight for $15 Is Starting to Fight for Fair Schedules

They're building a framework for a new normal in the low-wage workplace.

Oct 3, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Muslim Day Parade

Now Is the Time to Express Solidarity With ‘Our Arab-American Brothers and Sisters’ Now Is the Time to Express Solidarity With ‘Our Arab-American Brothers and Sisters’

The DNC’s Donna Brazile is right. In Trumped times, there is a special duty to “aggressively defend victims of discrimination.”

Oct 1, 2016 / John Nichols

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A Federal Court Orders Wisconsin to Stop Suppressing the Vote A Federal Court Orders Wisconsin to Stop Suppressing the Vote

The state must investigate the DMV’s failure to issue voter IDs in time for the November election.

Sep 30, 2016 / Ari Berman

Peres in Hebron

The Shimon Peres Palestinians Can’t Forget The Shimon Peres Palestinians Can’t Forget

The bulk of his career actually undermined the peace he claimed to be seeking.

Sep 30, 2016 / Yousef Munayyer

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