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House to Trump: Get out of Yemen
February 14, 2019“More than 14 million Yemenis — half the country — are on the brink of famine, and at least 85,000 children have already died from hunger and disease as a result of the war. Let’s end...
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Will scandals derail political progress in Virginia?
February 14, 2019Increased voter turnout of the state’s minority working-class base, as well as demographic and cultural changes, have been important drivers of this movement in this formerly arch-segregationist state.
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Turkey’s Erdogan facing resistance to his dictatorial rule
February 14, 2019A ruler who sees democracy as nothing more than a temporary measure in his autocrat’s tool box has reason to fear coming local elections.
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Buzzfeed unionizing shows digital media workers still need unions
February 13, 2019A bout of recent layoffs and fights for proper compensation by the employees of Buzzfeed has led to workers on the job there voting to unionize, showing that new school media still requires the “old school”...
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Progressive politics is possible only if it rejects anti-communism
February 13, 2019Trump’s State of the Union address aimed to unite a right-wing base and drive a wedge between Democratic moderates and progressives and the entire anti-extreme right-wing alliance.
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