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“We are the future”: Thoughts from a young Communist
September 17, 2019Why must we wait to assimilate into the system before our voices are allowed to be heard? The truth, of course, is that we don’t.
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Recovering from the opioid addiction crisis: Time for progressive strategies?
September 16, 2019Instead of having people die from addictions, governments could be providing services like safe injection sites, needle exchanges, HIV and Hepatitis screening.
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Canadian health care getting attention in U.S. election; how about income inequality?
September 13, 2019The faster that income and wealth concentrate at the top, the worse off the daily lives of average people become.
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All honor to the San Patricios, the St. Patrick’s Battalion
September 12, 2019Official U.S. history paints the Mexican War (1846-48) as a story of “heroic” American settlers fighting for “freedom” from Mexico. The Irish immigrants who gave their all saw that fight far differently.
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Warren and Sanders revive old social democratic idea to increase worker power
September 10, 2019Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have far-reaching proposals to give workers something even more important than money: power.
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