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EDITORIALS


THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER SMASH-AND-GRAB
When President Trump sued the Treasury Department for $10 billion, the complaint concerned the leak of his tax returns by the IRS to the New York Times. Given that Trump had repeatedly promised to release his tax returns during his initial run for President in 2016, the amount was rather absurd; and further, all presidents since Richard Nixon had released theirs. Judge Kathleen Williams questioned whether there was an actual controversy, since the IRS answers to the President


OP-ED: Grassroots in Perspective
One of the biggest challenges for successful organizing at the grassroots level is to overcome what is known as the collective action problem. In collective action theory public goods are things that, once made available, can be enjoyed by everyone. People cannot be excluded just because they did not contribute. An example is a municipal park. Assuming there is not a fence with a gatekeeper, no one can be excluded from it whether or not they contributed to the costs of provid


AARON GIES ENDORSED FOR NY-23
We're Behind Gies - And Here's Why


DEEP DIVE INTO BUFFALO'S ICE FACILITY
Here's what's happening in Buffalo's ICE Detention Facility, and what our representatives have to say about it.


SAVE AMERICA FROM POLL TAXES
Americans have a right to free and fair elections - here's how the GOP is undermining them under the guise of "safety".


A DANGEROUS GAME: NATO AND WAR ON THE LINE
Trump's reckless leadership is putting long-held alliances at risk and turning the world against us - and what our Rep. Langworthy has to say (or not) about it.


THE ENERGY "CHOICE": ANYTHING BUT ELECTRIC
Representative Langworthy twists himself into knots defending the Energy Choice Act - but it was never about choice or affordability.


'AMERICA IS BACK’: OIL, FORCE, AND THE RISK OF RETALIATION
Why U.S. strikes in Venezuela raise alarms about escalation, safety, and erosion of democratic norms.


THE FAR-RIGHT AND THE VIOLENT MIGRANT MYTH
The truth about Rep. Langworthy selling fear and ignoring the facts about immigration, the protest movements, and the real impact of ICE in WNY.
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