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Housing and HomelessnessMarch 22, 2023
The Cost of Housing in America Has Become Untenable
A permanent cohort of people without housing has come to seem like a natural part of American life.
Rebecca Gordon
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Climate ChangeFebruary 8, 2023
California’s Extreme Weather Is the Future of Climate Change
After years of thirst, the state has been drowning, and the poorest people have been among those hardest hit.
Rebecca Gordon
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US Wars and Military ActionJanuary 10, 2023
The United States Thinks It’s the Exception to the Rules of War
Unlike the rest of the world, we have “Constitutional rights,” which apparently include the right to commit war crimes with impunity.
Rebecca Gordon
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Election 2022December 8, 2022
Bringing in a Diverse Pool of Voters Works—I Saw It for Myself
The strategy that failed in California in 1996—bringing out unlikely voters in communities of workers and people of color—succeeded in Nevada in 2022.
Rebecca Gordon
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Election 2022July 13, 2022
We Still Need Electoral Organizing
Preserving some form of democratic government two years from now depends in part on keeping Republicans from taking over Congress this year.
Rebecca Gordon
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FeminismJune 14, 2022
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Ethical EconomicsApril 13, 2022
The Leftist Argument for Not Paying Your Taxes
Not paying taxes for unjust wars has a long history in this country.
Rebecca Gordon
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US Wars and Military ActionJanuary 13, 2022
Automated Warfare Is Nothing New
It didn’t just start with drones—and it won’t stop with them.
Rebecca Gordon
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LaborDecember 1, 2021
Do We Really Need a 24-Hour Economy?
Perhaps the pandemic has given us an opportunity to rethink which goods are so “critical” that we’re willing to let other people risk their lives to provide them for us.
Rebecca Gordon
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Global Justice MovementOctober 22, 2021
Who Will Be the Barbara Lee of the Next Great Disaster?
And will we believe her this time?
Rebecca Gordon