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‘Long Live International Solidarity!’
Words from La Liga Sindical Obrera Mexicanas representatives Julio César Flores López and Adriana Barbosa Carranza at our 2026 Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Awards

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Americans Should Reject All State-Sanctioned Murder, Live-Streamed or Not

Last year, the US was 1 of only 17 countries to record an official execution.

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Lessons from Atlanta’s Municipal Grocery Store Experiment

How public support and purchasing cooperatives brought new options to Atlanta’s food deserts — and what other cities can learn.

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$55 Billion in Stock Buyback Wealth for Google Oligarchs

A 1982 SEC rule change has turbocharged America’s extreme wealth concentration, adding $55 billion to the wealth piles of Larry Page and Sergey...

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Increasing Portland’s CEO Pay Surtax Would Boost Revenue and Encourage Narrower Pay Gaps

Sarah Anderson testified before the Portland, OR city council about a proposal to increase an existing tax on corporations with huge CEO-worker pay...

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Lessons from Atlanta’s Municipal Grocery Store Experiment

How public support and purchasing cooperatives brought new options to Atlanta’s food deserts — and what other cities can learn.

High Flyers 2026: The High Cost of Private Jet Excess

How taxpayers and commercial passengers subsidize luxury private jet travel.

Gilded Giving 2026: Philanthropy Under Oligarchy

How wealthy donors are choosing whether to hoard, fold, or fight.

Executive Excess 2026

CEOs of the 100 largest low-wage corporations enrich themselves while turning a blind eye to policies harming their workers.

A Perfect Storm: How Federal Policy Changes Are Increasing Economic Insecurity for America’s Families

Policy choices are pushing millions of people into increasingly precarious conditions.

SYMPOSIUM ROUNDUP: Forging a Democracy That Works for All

A visionary exercise for progressives in an age of American fascism from our third annual Wallace Symposium.

BLUEPRINT: Forging a Democracy that Works for All

Countering the power of billionaires, corporations, and the Pentagon

Alternate Route: New Pathways to Better Jobs in Alabama Through Public Transit

Alabama has one of the country’s largest workforce shortages. Public transit is key to closing it.

The True Cost of the Military in Hawaiʻi

A comprehensive analysis of the economic, environmental, strategic, and social impacts of the U.S. military presence in Hawaiʻi

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Even With the Shutdown Ending, Millions Will Lose Food Aid

The GOP budget bill passed earlier this year includes the largest cuts to SNAP in history. And those cuts are starting now.
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Mass Deportations Aren’t Helping Workers. They’re Tanking the Economy.

Trump claimed immigrants were “taking your jobs.” But during his brutal crackdown, the job market has only gotten worse.
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Prospects for Increased Foundation Payout in 2026

Putting more money in the pockets of everyday donors can restore fairness and accountability to the nonprofit sector.
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Can the G20 Do More Than Serve Markets and Investors?

Leaders should use this rare multilateral space to advance a more equitable global economy.
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The Billionaire Oligarchs Are Coming for Your Pets

And they want to make bigger profits.
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Democracy Begins Where We Live

Whether we’re facing flooding, AI disruption, or authoritarianism, it will be the people around us who get us through.
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How Major Labor Unions are Positioning on AI

A key demand across unions is for guardrails on the development and deployment of Artificial Intelligence.
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A Cruel and Short-Sighted Attack on Low-Income Communities

The federal government has a powerful tool to spur investment in communities traditionally locked out of it. But Trump is dismantling it.
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Five Questions for Chuck Collins About His New Book

A discussion with the author of Burned by Billionaires on why the ultra-rich demand our attention.
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Ten Ways You Are Being Burned by Billionaires

Wealth concentration affects your life, whether you realize it or not.
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The Health Care Emergency Behind the Government Shutdown

Health care costs are about to skyrocket for working Americans, but GOP lawmakers are prioritizing tax breaks for the wealthy.
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Stop Trump’s SNAP Coverup

The administration isn’t just cutting food benefits for hungry kids. It’s cancelling federal research into who’s even hungry.
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