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Letters From the January 30, 2017, Issue Letters From the January 30, 2017, Issue

The kids are all right… A people’s party?… Acting, yes, locally…
A college education… Popularity contest(ed)…

Jan 5, 2017 / Letters / Our Readers

Students protest low wages.

3 Steps for Progressive Resistance and Rebuilding as the Trump Era Launches 3 Steps for Progressive Resistance and Rebuilding as the Trump Era Launches

Ultimately, the party’s fortunes will depend on recruiting a new generation of progressive leaders who can harness the power of social movements and drive it into electoral politic...

Jan 3, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Guatemala Water March

The Alliance for Prosperity Will Intensify the Central American Refugee Crisis The Alliance for Prosperity Will Intensify the Central American Refugee Crisis

Conceived without the participation of civil-society groups, the chief goal is to advance elite US and Northern Triangle business interests.

Dec 21, 2016 / Dawn Paley

This City Just Banned Virtually All New Dirty-Energy Infrastructure

This City Just Banned Virtually All New Dirty-Energy Infrastructure This City Just Banned Virtually All New Dirty-Energy Infrastructure

Portland, Oregon has adopted a first-of-its-kind offensive strategy to prevent new oil, gas, and coal export facilities from being built.

Dec 21, 2016 / Daphne Wysham

Takae Helipad Protest

Can Indigenous Okinawans Protect Their Land and Water From the US Military? Can Indigenous Okinawans Protect Their Land and Water From the US Military?

As construction finishes on six new helipads, demonstrations to remove the military are reaching a fever pitch.

Dec 20, 2016 / Lisa Torio

Bryce Canyon

How the Trump Administration Could Change the American Landscape, Literally How the Trump Administration Could Change the American Landscape, Literally

Get ready for a rush to plunder our public lands.

Dec 16, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter

Demonstrators gather on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016, to protest the Dakota Access oil pipeline.

Take the Fight Against the Dakota Access Pipeline to the Banks That Are Funding It Take the Fight Against the Dakota Access Pipeline to the Banks That Are Funding It

Demand that the banks backing the Dakota Access Pipeline support the sovereignty and rights of indigenous peoples and end their financing of the pipeline.

Dec 15, 2016 / no-paywall / NationAction

Rex Tillerson in Washington

Normalizing Denial: Trump, Tillerson, and Climate Reality Normalizing Denial: Trump, Tillerson, and Climate Reality

A political culture that can accommodate Exxon’s climate denial is a political culture ripe for Trump.

Dec 14, 2016 / Editorial / Wen Stephenson

Truck in Chile after flood

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

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 / no-paywall / NationAction

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