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Attacks on Trans People Are Attacks on Everyone
The people telling you to fear your trans neighbors are setting a precedent to take away your health care and invade your privacy,...

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‘Unlike Anything I’ve Ever Lived Through Before’: Labor’s Role in Minnesota’s ICE Resistance

A conversation with Kieran Knutson, president of CWA Local 7250 in Minneapolis.

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Restoring the Land: The Movement to Address the Theft of Tribal Territory

The United States, the wealthiest country in the history of the world, also owes its fortune to a great crime—the theft of land...

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Dr. King’s Warnings Seem More Prescient Than Ever

King called for an aggressive federal effort to reverse racial inequality. Instead, we’re getting one to entrench it.

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Cora Weiss: A Champion of Peace, Internationalism, and Women’s Rights

On December 8, Cora Weiss — one of the great champions of peace, the United Nations, and women’s rights — died at 91...

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Restoring the Land: The Movement to Address the Theft of Tribal Territory

The United States, the wealthiest country in the history of the world, also owes its fortune to a great crime—the theft of land...

2025 Rural Policy Action Report: A Roadmap for Rural Progress

A positive agenda to improve rural people’s lives and deliver lower costs, higher wages, and freedom.

The Reparations Movement: Flourishing Amid Backlash

State and local efforts are reshaping how racial justice can be pursued in practice.

Bold Ideas for a New Progressive Majority

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

The High Moral Stakes of the Policy Battles Raging in Washington

Trump and the GOP are cutting programs for the poor to spend more on the war machine, mass deportations, and tax breaks for...

Cashing in on Our Homes

Billionaire Landlords Profit as Millions Face Eviction

Fact Sheet: Congressional Progressive Caucus Priorities

The Congressional Progressive Caucus has released a bold agenda for 2021. This fact sheet analyzes the implications of these priorities for the American...

Reimagining School Safety

A look at the dangers posed to students by law enforcement and how to invest in real school safety for our nation’s children.

White Supremacy is the Preexisting Condition

Eight Solutions to Ensure Economic Recovery Reduces the Racial Wealth Divide.

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