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Issue: 909

May 5, 2022

Guest Commentary

Barbarians and Breeders: Men of the New Old Order

By Richard (RJ) Eskow Guest Commetator

One of the most striking things about the Alito draft is its rage. These judicial moles have watched, and waited, and bided their time, pretending to be sober jurists until their moment came around. Now, the fury is unleashed.

I can’t imagine what it is like to be a woman in the United States of America today. If I feel the blow of Samuel Alito’s…

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Guest Commentary

Abortion and Men

By WJ Astore, Bracing Views Guest Commentator

Our society and culture puts almost all the onus and responsibility (and, often enough, blame) on women for getting pregnant. For pro-lifers, a woman, once pregnant, is then obligated to have a baby and care for it until adulthood, else put it up for adoption.

“My body, my choice” is a common refrain for women in the pro-choice movement. I happen to agree with it. What women choose to do when…

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Ban Books

Cartoon

Ban Books

By Chuck Siler

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Color of Law

The Republican Party Is Waging a Nationwide Assault on Voting Rights

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

What takes place during the 2022 election, and the 2024 presidential election will determine whether America has the potential to sustain a viable democratic system of governance.

The upcoming midterm elections in the United States are of utmost importance, as the future of multiracial democracy in the country hangs in the balance. What…

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Guest Commentary

How a Group of Starbucks Workers Emerged Victorious in Their Union Fight

By Sonali Kolhatkar, Independent Media Institute Guest Commentator

When workers get the notion that this giant boss who seemed like a colossus a year ago can be beaten, when they see that, then they begin to organize,”

The iconic American coffee chain, Starbucks, employs hundreds of thousands of people in nearly 9,000 cafés nationwide. And yet, the news that a handful of Starbucks…

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Guest Commentary

What Remains of the U.S. Green New Deal?

By John Feffer, Foreign Policy in Focus Guest Commentator

While policy-makers squabble about Build Back Better, climate change continues to contribute to major wildfires, droughts, and other disasters across the United States.

In November 2018, the Green New Deal became a rallying cry for climate activists when members of the Sunrise Movement occupied House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office…

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