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Anti-Trump “No Ban, No Wall” Demonstration

Take Action Now: End Trump’s Phony National Emergency Take Action Now: End Trump’s Phony National Emergency

Call your representatives and stage an action this week against Trump’s racist border wall.

Feb 19, 2019 / NationAction

Alabama Is Going to Execute Rocky Myers. He Might Be Innocent.

Alabama Is Going to Execute Rocky Myers. He Might Be Innocent. Alabama Is Going to Execute Rocky Myers. He Might Be Innocent.

The case of an intellectually disabled prisoner on death row is a window into the many flaws in the death penalty in America.

Feb 19, 2019 / Ashoka Mukpo

Medicare For All

We Don’t Need Private Health Insurance We Don’t Need Private Health Insurance

New single-payer plans don’t need to worry about carving out roles for health-care profiteers. 

Feb 18, 2019 / Adam Gaffney

Donald Trump

Congress Should Apply Trump’s Own Standard for Executive Accountability to Him as President Congress Should Apply Trump’s Own Standard for Executive Accountability to Him as President

Trump wanted Congress to get tough on presidents who use executive action to “subvert the Constitution.” How tough? He said they “certainly could be impeached.”

Feb 15, 2019 / John Nichols

Colin Kaepernick

Colin Kaepernick Settles His Collusion Case With the NFL Colin Kaepernick Settles His Collusion Case With the NFL

A confidentially agreement prevents us from knowing the details, but the fact that the NFL was willing to settle tells us a great deal. 

Feb 15, 2019 / Dave Zirin

Immigrants Are Fighting for Their Rights Even Behind Bars

Immigrants Are Fighting for Their Rights Even Behind Bars Immigrants Are Fighting for Their Rights Even Behind Bars

Hunger strikers in ICE’s El Paso detention center are demanding that their voices be heard.

Feb 15, 2019 / Michelle Chen

Honduran migrant at the border

The Hidden Climate-Change Story Behind Trump’s ‘National Emergency’ The Hidden Climate-Change Story Behind Trump’s ‘National Emergency’

Walls and borders are this country's most consistent climate-change ‘adaptation.’

Feb 15, 2019 / Ben Ehrenreich

Trump discusses immigration proposals

Yes, We Can Stop Trump’s Fake National Emergency Yes, We Can Stop Trump’s Fake National Emergency

Three ways to stop the scam to steal the money to build the wall.

Feb 15, 2019 / Elie Mystal

Amazon HQ2 Protest

New York Fights—and Amazon Flees New York Fights—and Amazon Flees

As the HQ2 deal collapses, the question becomes: Can the city can come up with a better model of economic development?

Feb 14, 2019 / Jarrett Murphy

Colin Kaepernick

Wisconsin Republicans Literally Erased Colin Kaepernick From Black History Month Wisconsin Republicans Literally Erased Colin Kaepernick From Black History Month

They said Kaepernick was “too controversial” to be commemorated.

Feb 14, 2019 / Dave Zirin

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