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Letters From the November 5, 2018, Issue Letters From the November 5, 2018, Issue

Inequality, Inc.… Overruling the Court… A flaming outrage…

Oct 11, 2018 / Letters / Our Readers and Jamie Lincoln Kitman

Ady Barkan tax bill

I’m Dying. Here Is What I Refuse to Accept With Serenity. I’m Dying. Here Is What I Refuse to Accept With Serenity.

Voting is not nearly enough. We need to become organizers.

Oct 11, 2018 / Editorial / Ady Barkan

Unite Here Strike

Yankees Players Cross the Picket Line in Boston Yankees Players Cross the Picket Line in Boston

Pro baseball players have made millions for themselves by unionizing and standing together. They should support striking hotel workers in their fight for better pay.

Oct 10, 2018 / Peter Dreier and Kelly Candaele

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Thumbs Up

A Blue Wave Next Month Could Be the Start of a Progressive Sea Change A Blue Wave Next Month Could Be the Start of a Progressive Sea Change

If Democrats flip the House, the Congressional Progressive Caucus will have the leaders, agenda, and institutional muscle to drive the debate.

Oct 9, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Fred and Donald Trump

The Wealth-Defense Industry The Wealth-Defense Industry

Lessons from the Trumps’ tax-avoidance racket.

Oct 9, 2018 / Chuck Collins

HIV Epidemic Scott County

Mike Pence Is Still to Blame for an HIV Outbreak in Indiana—but for New Reasons Mike Pence Is Still to Blame for an HIV Outbreak in Indiana—but for New Reasons

The avoidable Scott County epidemic may reveal a terrifying future for public health in America.

Oct 4, 2018 / Steven W. Thrasher

These Senators Need to Be Told: Do Not Vote for Kavanaugh

These Senators Need to Be Told: Do Not Vote for Kavanaugh These Senators Need to Be Told: Do Not Vote for Kavanaugh

Joan Walsh on the confirmation hearings, D.D. Guttenplan on a new radical majority, and Michelle Chen on the Fight for $15.

Oct 4, 2018 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Theresa May Still Factory Visit

Bad News From Newport Bad News From Newport

Two years after the Brexit vote and six months before a final outcome that no one can yet even guess, a return to the Welsh valleys that voted Leave for lack of any hope.

Oct 3, 2018 / Between Us, We Cover the World / Paul Mason

‘We Are Not Here to Manage Capitalism’: Labour Takes a Socialist Turn

‘We Are Not Here to Manage Capitalism’: Labour Takes a Socialist Turn ‘We Are Not Here to Manage Capitalism’: Labour Takes a Socialist Turn

At this year’s conference in Liverpool, the Corbyn wing of the party was firmly in control.

Oct 2, 2018 / Rachel Shabi

Rikers Island Complex

NYC Prosecutors Are Stoking Fear About the Mass Bailout, but Their Arguments Don’t Add Up NYC Prosecutors Are Stoking Fear About the Mass Bailout, but Their Arguments Don’t Add Up

District attorneys’ comments belie the true purpose of bail in New York and ignore the safety risks of jail itself.

Oct 2, 2018 / John Pfaff

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