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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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Another $88 Billion for the Iran War? Fund Human Needs, Instead.

Our tax dollars should be supporting families at home, not bombing them abroad.
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Our Federal Budget is Showing Us That Congress is Putting ICE First and Families Last. It Should Be the Other Way Around.

We can’t allow ICE and Border Patrol continue to harm our communities while we struggle to pay our bills.
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El Salvador: Between Tourism and Terror

Nayib Bukele’s El Salvador welcomes tourists with open arms while ruthlessly imprisoning its own people.
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Musk’s Trillion-Dollar Fortune Is a Flashing Warning Light for Democracy

The planet’s first trillionaire is not a sign of economic health. It’s an indicator of extreme inequality and the dangers of concentrated power.
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PODCAST: The Giving Pledge Is Failing, and the Numbers Prove It

"If the billionaires who promised to give half their money away are doing this poorly at it, that tells us everything that we...
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Realignment in Middle America: Not Left or Right but Local

If we want a democratic future in Middle America, we need to see regular people as the democratic foundation of the country.
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A DC Wealth Tax Could Provide Relief for Black Residents

Advocates say a surcharge on passive income could help fund critical programs in the District.
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DAF-to-DAF Giving Reached $7 Billion in 2024

Donors get tax deductions for putting money into DAFs so that money can go to real charities — but, instead, it’s cycling between...
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VIDEO: Elon Musk Becoming the World’s First Trillionaire is ‘A Dark Day for Democracy’

"This is just the beginning of the power that he has the potential to wield," Chuck Collins tells TRT World.
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We Need to Know More About How AI is Affecting Mental Health

The task of addressing the mental health risks of interacting with AI chatbots cannot be left to the companies producing them alone.
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