The Constitution Fails to Protect the Environment

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The absence of clear and broad constitutional authority to protect the environment limits the scope of federal environmental law. 'Katrina Fischer Kuh James R. May #constitution

Single Payer: Why Can't We Have What So Many of Us Want?

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Most Californians say they want single-payer care, but in the Legislature the health care industry has been unstoppable. Mark Kreidler #singlepayer

Student Demands for Divestment Not New

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There is a long history of students organizing for divestment from states and institutions complicit in criminal acts, apartheid, and genocide. Sonali Kolhatkar #israel

Labor’s New Values: Palestinian Solidarity

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The Democratic Party needs to take a hard look in the mirror and ask itself: whose interests are we truly serving? Nadia B. Ahmad, JD, LLM 🍃 DakinWeekley Carolina Ampudia #palestine

Deporting Black Veterans After Serving America

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ICE picked him up during a naturalization interview, and a Black man who fought for America was thrown out of the country. David A. Love #veterans #veterans deported

Professors, Speakers Cut Ties With Universities Over Police Protest Crackdowns

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Deborah Archer, president of the American Civil Liberties Union, said this week that she would no longer be speaking at the CUNY Law commencement ceremony. Julia Conley #gaza

We Need Structural Solutions to California’s Housing Crisis, Not Quick Fixes

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 It’s Time to Recognize the Human Right to Housing in California's State Constitution Kath Rogers #housingasahumanright #homelessness

When It Comes to Zionism, It's Christians Who Have a Lot to Answer For

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Christian leaders like him put their lobbying money and millions of dollars into unqualified support for whatever the State of Israel wants to do.  Peter Laarman #middleeast #gaza

Columbia Students Sick at Heart — Just as We Were in ‘68

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Mark Rudd: An organizer of the 1968 Columbia University protests on why the message against war, then and now, is the same. Mark Rudd #columbia

What Play Tells Us About Human Evolution?

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Adult play tends to be social and to happen in species where social relationships are complicated and require a lot of finesse to manage. Brenna Hassett #evolution

The State's Iron Heel at UCLA: Eyewitness Account

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Many of the unarmed demonstrators on the steps wore helmets, hijabs and keffiyehs and flew the Palestinian flag. Ed Rampell

US vs. China: Who Really Stands for Peace?

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Either we let the US continue to spout narratives of fear and division and drive us towards war, or we sift through the lies, raise the truth, and fight back against the imperialist elite. Megan Russell #china

Weaponizing Antisemitism to Distract from Israel's War

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Then the right got involved, using accusations of widespread antisemitism to take eyes off the astronomical death toll in Gaza. Helen Benedict #antisemitism

Conflict and the 2024 Election

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The media focuses on emotive conflict. So far, 2024 is presenting a blizzard of it. How should the man who was elected to heal America respond? Robert Reich #elections #trump

We Have the Power to Rein in Greedy Corporate Landlords

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A coalition of housing justice groups, social justice organizations, labor unions, and civic leaders have banded together to pass Justice for Renters Act in California. Patrick Range McDonald #housing

Progressives Must Put Medicare for All Back on the Agenda

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We need to put single payer back on the table, loudly, proudly, and strategically. Ann Malinow #medicareforall

Echoes of 1968

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Nixon's election marked the outset of a multi-decade conservative hegemony that lasted through Donald Trump's [first?] term. John Peeler #1968 #gaza

U.S. Middle East Policy Governed by Israel 

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Ramzay Baroud: The U.S. voted to exclude Palestine from full UN membership, while the rest of the international community remains largely united in its support of Palestine Ramzy Baroud #gaza

Ben Linder: 37 Years, Presente!

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Ben Linder was a peace activist and engineer from Portland, Oregon, who had moved to Nicaragua in 1983 to contribute his skills to the popular Sandinista Revolution. Becca Renk #nicaragua

On the Road Again, Meeting the Folks

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It was not a New York crowd. Lots of hefty gals and men with big beards. Maybe they had AR-15s in the pickup. Garrison Keillor #idaho