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Jerome Paige

Dr. Jerome S. Paige writes from Washington, D.C. He was previously chairman of the board of directors of the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute, where he continues to serve on the...

• Occupation, boycott, death: The month that changed D.C.

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Anthony Warren

Anthony Warren writes from Chicago.

• In solidarity rally, Young Communists bring striking miners’ fight to Blackrock HQ

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Carrieann Smith

Carrieann Smith is unhoused in Austin, Texas. She’s a leader with VOCAL-TX, campaigning for a better safety net for all.

• Victim speaks out: Police ‘sweeps’ of homeless camps worse than you think

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Paul Gordon

Paul Gordon is People For the American Way’s senior legislative counsel.

• Right-wing Supreme Court justices use “shadow docket” to help Trump

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Rebecca Egan McCarthy

McCarthy is the 2025-2026 climate news reporting fellow at Grist. She was previously an editor at the Science History Institute.

• Pennsylvania bailed on a carbon market to appease Republicans

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Virginia Myers

Virginia Myers is an experienced writer and editor with a focus on education, labor, social justice, and community engagement. Since January 2011, she has worked as a writer/editor for the...

• Why the labor movement backs the Target boycott

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Mike Roark

Mike Roark is a worker who writes from Virginia.

• Digging deeper into Virginia’s 2025 election results—from a working-class perspective

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Gabriel Sandoval

Sandoval is a research reporter based in Phoenix.

• New record: ICE sent 600 immigrant kids to Detention in federal shelters this year

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Jeff Ernsthausen

Ernsthausen is a reporter who specializes in using data analysis and code to find stories.

• New record: ICE sent 600 immigrant kids to Detention in federal shelters this year

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