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Mitch McConnell Wants to Let Corporations Kill You
The Senate GOP leader’s refusal to pass COVID-19 aid without corporate immunity should be the scandal of the year.

Immigration Problems
We need to stop admitting immigrants who… develop COVID-19 vaccines?

Mass Incarceration Is Declining — But Not for Women
The next administration needs to address this crisis and the war on drugs driving it.

Failing Students Need Support, Not Blame
Students don’t fail because they are lazy. They fail because something is wrong in their lives — and right now, so much is wrong.

This Holiday Season, Choose a New Food Future
What better symbol of agri-industry’s vision of “food” than the ubiquitous Butterball turkey so many ate for Thanksgiving?

Get the Feds Out of the Way of Cannabis Reform
The House just took a huge step toward repealing the marijuana prohibition. What’s next?

Looking for That Get Out of Jail Free Card
Defeated Donald Trump and embattled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ponder their next moves.

We Need an Essential Workers Bill of Rights
Walmart’s owners are seeing their wealth surge while my former coworkers there go without hazard pay. That has to change.

Biden Could Cancel Student Debt. Will He?
The federal government owns 92 percent of all student debt owed in this country. Canceling it could provide a huge stimulus.

Paying Politicians to Criminalize Protest
More communities are standing up to pipelines. The fossil fuel industry wants to make that a felony.