Under Trump, it’s open season on health, safety, labor, financial, and environmental measures—that protect people who voted for him.
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Trumping State Regulators and Juries
The right backs states’ rights when that’s convenient—but uses federal preemption to overrule blue state policies.
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Going Solar in West Virginia
It’s an uphill struggle, but solar entrepreneurs have begun building the state’s post-coal future.
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Charge Time: Electric Car Workers Accuse Tesla of Low Pay and Intimidation
Employees at the company’s factory in California are seeking to unionize through United Auto Workers.
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No Factions in Foxholes
Confronted by the crisis that is the Trump presidency, American progressives have overcome identity politics’ barriers and joined up in mutual defense.
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The Anti-Trump Movement: Recover, Resist, Reform
The profusion of citizen organizing as defense—and offense
Posted inEconomic Policy
Can the Democratic Party Be White Working Class, Too?
While Hillary Clinton was losing Montana by more than 23 points, Steve Bullock was elected governor running as a progressive Democrat. What can the rest of us learn from Montana?
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How California Hopes to Undo Trump
America’s mega-state is now clearly its leftmost, too—and on social insurance, climate change, and immigrant rights, it has more capacity and desire to defeat Republican reaction than any other institution.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Hidden Monopolies That Raise Drug Prices
How pharmacy benefit managers morphed from processors to predators
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Will Suburban Activism Pave the Democratic Path to the House?
If they’re to retake Congress in 2018, Democrats need their newfound activist hordes to focus on health coverage—and diverse, upscale swing districts.
