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Capitol Police detain a demonstrator as the Senate Finance Committee holds a hearing on the latest Republican Effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. September 25, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein
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POLITICS
Get Up, Stand Up
By Evan Handler, Contributor
Actor, author, screenwriter, journalist. Inspirational pessimist.
The "resistance" so far is woefully inadequate.
US Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders listen to singer Pharrell Williams during a campaign rally in Raleigh, North Carolina, on November 3, 2016. / AFP / JEWEL SAMAD (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Hillary's Book Deepens Democrats' Divisions
By Les Leopold, Contributor
Executive Director, The Labor Institute
So much for party unity in a time of peril.
Photography and design by David Wiacek
BUSINESS
I Am The 1% (And You Are, Too)
By David Wiacek, Contributor
Career Coach + Resume Writer | Crushing Fear and Promoting Wonder
I still remember the Occupy Wall Street slogans and chants in lower Manhattan a few years ago: “SHAME ON THE 1%! SHAME ON
NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 13: Former presidential candidate and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders waves to the audience gathered to hear him speak at The Cooper Union on December 13, 2016 in New York City. Sanders also spoke about Donald Trump's win in the 2016 Presidential election and his new book, Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Why Bernie Sanders Is The Most Popular Politician In America
By Les Leopold, Contributor
Executive Director, The Labor Institute
Bernie Sanders has the highest approval rating of any politician in the country with 61 percent approving, while only 32
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WOMEN
Standing Her Ground On Wall Street
By Madeleine Burnside, Contributor
Editor, The Sanity Papers
  Wall Street’s Charging Bull was set in place in 1989. It was a year that opened with the inauguration of George Bush the
The shadow of U.S. President Barack Obama is seen on the Constitution of the United States while speaking about America's national security at the National Archives in Washington, May 21, 2009. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES POLITICS)
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POLITICS
The Constitutional Apocalypse
By Les Leopold, Contributor
Executive Director, The Labor Institute
If you don't believe state legislatures matter, consider this.
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - 2017/01/17: With Donald Trump choosing 6 Goldman Sachs veterans for his administration, dozens of activists, on January 17, converged at the Goldman headquarters in Manhattan, to occupy and protest the continuing relationship with the White House and the Wall Street giant. (Photo by Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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POLITICS
What The Resistance Movement Can Learn From Occupy Wall Street
By Dana H. Glazer, Contributor
Filmmaker, Activist, Professor, Involved Dad
There’s a lot we can learn from the Occupy Wall Street movement as we continue onward together. In 2011 I had the privilege
A man walks past five foreclosed homes in Chicago, July 21, 2010. (Photo by John Gress/Corbis via Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Runaway Inequality Elected Trump. Here's How It Can Help Defeat Him
By Les Leopold, Contributor
Executive Director, The Labor Institute
Over the last 37 years, America’s top 10 percent saw their incomes rise by 115 percent and the top 1 percent saw an incredible
SALEM, OH - NOVEMBER 08: Voter cast their ballots at the Donnell Ford car dealership on November 8, 2016 in Salem, Ohio. This year, roughly 200 million Americans have registered to vote in this years general election. (Photo by Ty Wright/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
How To Win Back Obama/Sanders/Trump Voters
By Les Leopold, Contributor
Executive Director, The Labor Institute
Hillary Clinton underperformed Barack Obama by minus 290,000 votes in Pennsylvania, minus 222,000 votes in Wisconsin and
POLITICS
Checks and Balances and The Wise Amendment
By Tom Allon, Contributor
President, City & State NY
And now a word about another vital piece of the First Amendment: the right of free speech that gives power to the media. The
Hundreds of demonstrators in Chicago march in protest of President Trump's executive order that temporarily blocks refugees and travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States on February 1, 2017. (Photo by Max Herman/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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POLITICS
From Resisting Trump To What?
By Les Leopold, Contributor
Executive Director, The Labor Institute
Resistance is breaking out all over: the women’s marches, the immigration airport protests and the defiant Sally Yates, the
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 21: A marcher attending the Women's March on Washington holds up a sign encouraging resistance on January 21, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Progressives Have A Secret Tech Weapon In The Fight Against Trump
By Emily Peck and Ryan Grim
Organizing tools from the Action Network are proving instrumental for activists.
US President Donald Trump speaks before signing an executive order in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on January 24, 2017. US President Donald Trump signed executive orders January 24, 2017 reviving the construction of two controversial oil pipelines, but said the projects would be subject to renegotiation. Trump gave an amber light to the Keystone XL pipeline -- which would carry crude from Canada to US refineries on the Gulf Coast -- and an equally controversial pipeline crossing in North Dakota. / AFP / NICHOLAS KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Are Trump's Trade Moves A Victory Or A Defeat For Progressives?
By Les Leopold, Contributor
Executive Director, The Labor Institute
In opposing Trump, we must not slip into defending neoliberalism.
WORLDPOST
Ukraine: Reflections on Maidan's Third Year Anniversary, Youth Culture and Bernie Sanders
By Nikolas Kozloff, Contributor
Author, 'Revolution! South America and the Rise of the New Left'
WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 16: President Obama holds a year-end press conference addressing email hacking and cyber security at The White House on December 16, 2016 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Leigh Vogel/WireImage)
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POLITICS
Obama Called Inequality 'The Defining Challenge Of Our Time.' He Didn't Do Much About It.
By Zach Carter
It's a sad legacy.
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