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Here and There, Organic Farming Still Thrives in Heart of U.S. Corn Country

WEST BEND, Iowa — People searching for ways to limit the toll industrialized American agriculture takes on communities, land and water may want to visit Clear Creek Acres in...

The Democratic Dead-End of Chasing Moderate Republicans

A pair of quotes, separated by eight years, spotlight a chronic political mentality at the top of the...

Whistleblower: Trump Media Company Betrays ’America First’ by Outsourcing Jobs

This story was originally published by ProPublica. An internal whistleblower complaint at Trump Media calls for CEO Devin Nunes...

The Tipped Wage System Is Failing — and Removing Taxes Won’t Save It

Both major presidential candidates have called for eliminating taxes on tips. But that won’t help most restaurant workers.  What...

Denver Basic Income Project Could Run Out of Funding by Year End

One of the nation’s largest guaranteed monthly income experiments for unhoused people helped Lewis Horton, Hunter Ambrose and...

The Wonks Who Refuse to Apologize for NAFTA

The following story is co-published with Freddie deBoer’s Substack. In this recent appearance on Ezra Klein’s podcast, Harvard economist and Obama admin enforcer of neoliberal consensus Jason Furman...

Tentative Deal Reached To End Dockworkers Strike

The union representing East and Gulf Coast dockworkers suspended its strike on Thursday after reaching a tentative agreement with shipping giants that reportedly includes...

A Debate Between Populisms

JD Vance and Tim Walz will meet each other on a debate stage in New York City tomorrow night representing two very different types...

John Leguizamo: Decolonizing Hispanic History Onscreen

Starting with his 1986 TV debut on “Miami Vice,” John Leguizamo’s roles have ranged from action/crime productions to a drag queen in 1995’s “To...

Solidarity from Solitary

This article was originally published by the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet and magazine. Sign up for their weekly newsletter, or follow them on Facebook and X.Julio...

Neoliberals Are Wrong About Bidenomics

It is by now a familiar story. With the status quo in tatters following the worst financial crisis since the 1930s, a newly elected...