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We Are Hitting the Wall of Maximum Grabbing We Are Hitting the Wall of Maximum Grabbing

We have an epidemic of grabbing—land grabbing, resource grabbing—and now the most powerful nation on earth has elected Donald Trump as its grabber-in-chief.

Dec 14, 2016 / Naomi Klein

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Trumpism Poses the Most Dire Threat to Academic Freedom in Recent Memory Trumpism Poses the Most Dire Threat to Academic Freedom in Recent Memory

A shadowy new Professor Watchlist has revived the McCarthyite hysteria of the 1950s. We must fight back.

Dec 13, 2016 / Erik Loomis

Scott Pruitt, Steven Mnuchin, and Jeff Sessions.

Tell the Senate to Block Trump’s Cabinet of Hate and Wall Street Greed Tell the Senate to Block Trump’s Cabinet of Hate and Wall Street Greed

President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet appointments have been horrifying.

Dec 13, 2016 / NationAction

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How to Mount a Progressive Resistance How to Mount a Progressive Resistance

Opposition to Trump will come—not only in the streets but also from leaders in states and cities who are intent on making America better.

Dec 13, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Obama Did Not Fail Us—We Failed Each Other

Obama Did Not Fail Us—We Failed Each Other Obama Did Not Fail Us—We Failed Each Other

On Barack Obama’s presidency, Trayvon Martin’s death, and the storm clouds of 2016.

Dec 13, 2016 / Feature / Patricia J. Williams

Was Obama Silicon Valley’s President?

Was Obama Silicon Valley’s President? Was Obama Silicon Valley’s President?

The industry pinned its hopes on him early on.

Dec 13, 2016 / Feature / Siva Vaidhyanathan

Which Way Does the Arc of Obama’s Moral Universe Bend?

Which Way Does the Arc of Obama’s Moral Universe Bend? Which Way Does the Arc of Obama’s Moral Universe Bend?

Liberals once thought Obama would transcend race—but even his moderate views ended up provoking a whitelash.

Dec 13, 2016 / Feature / Joan Walsh

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The Way Forward for Democrats Is to Address Both Class and Race The Way Forward for Democrats Is to Address Both Class and Race

The Democratic Party can still forge a coalition of the working class and poor of all races.

Dec 12, 2016 / Ian Haney López and Robert B. Reich

Columbia Library

Columbia’s Graduate Student Union Is a Nationwide First Columbia’s Graduate Student Union Is a Nationwide First

Columbia’s graduate students have just become the first in over a decade to win a union at a private university through an NLRB election process.

Dec 12, 2016 / Michelle Chen

These Photos Show the People Who Turn a Cotton Plant Into Your Jeans

These Photos Show the People Who Turn a Cotton Plant Into Your Jeans These Photos Show the People Who Turn a Cotton Plant Into Your Jeans

Following the path of cotton from Burkina Faso to Bangladesh to your local mall.

Dec 12, 2016 / Photo Essay / Meta Krese and Jošt Franko

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