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The Supreme Court’s War on the Voting Rights Act Sends America Backwards
It took 60 years for Black Americans to get representation in Congress proportionate to their numbers. Now we’re likely to backslide.

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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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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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The Supreme Court’s War on the Voting Rights Act Sends America Backwards

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Attacks on Trans People Are Attacks on Everyone

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Dr. King’s Warnings Seem More Prescient Than Ever

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

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What It’s Like to Work for the Billionaire ‘Nickel King’

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7 Progressive Policy Wins for Human Needs Over Militarism

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Mass Deportations Aren’t Helping Workers. They’re Tanking the Economy.

Trump claimed immigrants were “taking your jobs.” But during his brutal crackdown, the job market has only gotten worse.
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A Cruel and Short-Sighted Attack on Low-Income Communities

The federal government has a powerful tool to spur investment in communities traditionally locked out of it. But Trump is dismantling it.
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America’s Disappeared

Barack Obama wanted to create an administration that looked like America. Donald Trump wants to create an America that looks like his administration.
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Gaza: Deal or No Deal?

Prisoners have been released, the bombings have stopped. But Palestinians are no closer to determining their own future.
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The More Americans See of Trump’s Immigration Agenda, The Less They Like It

Amid a wave of attacks on migrants, 80 percent of Americans now say immigration is good for this country — a record high.
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