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It’s bold, it’s inclusive. And Ocasio-Cortez and the young generation behind it understand that economic power needs to be met by people power.
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A record number of female candidates won in the 2018 midterm elections. Even more lost. But defeat isn’t the end for most.
Election night’s most surprising Democratic victory defies the trend of a growing urban-rural chasm.
Activists among tribes want to rally the Native vote. Because when they show up to the polls, they’ve shown significant political power.
In light of important midterm election wins, two Native journalists revisit the influence of Indigenous peoples on democracy through the ages.
Record turnout in the midterm elections shows there’s a strong desire for change. Here’s where it’s happening.
Here’s what’s on the line.
The Parkland students and others are reinventing models for people-powered activism that adapts to today’s rapid pace of change.
And several other reasons that the midterm elections are testing how far some states can go in disenfranchising certain voters.
Instead of complaining about younger people being politically apathetic, older generations need to show empathy and provide mentorship.
More than 40 families in Iowa are fighting to contain the spread of concentrated animal feeding operations.
A brutal regime from across the Pacific Ocean ordered the assassination of two union activists in Seattle. Here’s the true story of how the killers—including the president of the Philippines—were made to answer for the murders.
It would seem that a movement that provided livelihood for more than 300,000 people in California alone would merit discussion in the history books.
Because at this moment in time the power of Black athletes is overcoming the power of White billionaires.
Here’s how indigenous leaders pulled together a grassroots movement to resist the pipeline expansion.
To protect our democracy, Congress must value the Constitution over partisan politics.
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Hope plus action and investment equals revolutionary muscle. Now is the time for the progressive majority to set the terms of the conversation.
As the federal government abandons its responsibilities, it will be up to the states, the cities, the communities, and the people to rebuild a unified state.
A range of neighbor-to-neighbor efforts address basic needs, from health care to food access, that are going unmet by local government agencies.
The city of Buffalo is supporting its first community land trust, designed to give neighbors control over land use and to keep housing affordable.
The group leaving from New York will onboard other “grannies” and allies along the way to support migrating families.
In the polluted Watts neighborhood, residents’ average lifespan is 12 years less than people from affluent areas.
The real conflict of interest—and the lasting damage—was Pruitt’s choice to put fossil fuel interests over the planet’s life support system.
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