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Longtime voters are being turned away from the polls by Texas’ voter-ID law
Apr 27, 2015 / Blog / Ari Berman
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This week, students hit the streets for racial and economic justice.
Apr 24, 2015 / StudentNation / StudentNation
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Interviews with Harvard professors Naomi Oreskes and James Anderson about universities’ moral imperative to join the fight against fossil fuel.
Apr 22, 2015 / Wen Stephenson
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The resource wars in Latin America are heating up, and the poor are paying the price.
Apr 22, 2015 / Blog / Greg Grandin
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Caravana43 will visit more than 40 US cities this spring to spread the call for justice—and against US funding of the drug war.
Apr 21, 2015 / Roberto Lovato
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A win for LGBT advocates would be historic, but uncertainty over religious exemptions and the status of domestic partnerships and civil unions remains.
Apr 21, 2015 / Nan D. Hunter
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Today, the environment is a controversial issue divided along partisan lines—but it wasn't always that way.
Apr 20, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Zoë Carpenter
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After 150 years, it is time for the last Reconstruction Amendment.
Apr 16, 2015 / Blog / John Nichols
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The House of Representatives is set to vote to repeal the estate tax, a move that could cost the federal government nearly $270 billion over ten years.
Apr 15, 2015 / Take Action / NationAction
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Bryan Burrough’s new book should lead us to ask why extremists are so frequently able to hijack movements fighting for social justice.
Apr 14, 2015 / Column / Eric Alterman