To Feed the Hungry: The Merit of Charity
By Asanti M. To recount the history of the human struggle against hunger is to see a true virtue birthed from necessity in its most […]
Read moreTexas DSA Statement on ICE Shooting of Wilber Rafael Garces Perez
En español/In Spanish: Declaración de DSA de Texas sobre el tiroteo de ICE contra Wilber Rafael Garces Perez El domingo 20 de septiembre de 2026, […]
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Six Hail Marys: Thoughts of an ICU RN
By Asanti M. The conversation surrounding healthcare access is more than an abstraction of cost and risk, it’s life and death, and people are dying. […]
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Socialists Can Never Win — Until We Do
By Nolan R. This article was originally published in Democratic Left: Find it here We all know the narrative by now: socialists are too radical, […]
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Stories from the Chilean Coup: Part 1
By Bridget T First published on Substack here. 9-11-2025 was the 52nd anniversary of the Chilean coup. Twelve years before that, on the 40th anniversary, […]
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Reflections on Austin DSA’s Field Trip to the Blanton Museum of Art
The first piece I saw on the recent Austin DSA “field trip” to the Blanton Museum of Art was Indian Myths and Legends: The Pleiades – The Creation – The Coming of the Chinigchinich – The Island of the Dead (1937-41) by Reuben Kadish. It wasn’t really fair to the rest of the works in the exhibit, to start off so strong.
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To Care for the Sick: Thoughts of an ICU RN
We will all be sick, but we will not all receive care. Our mortality guarantees the former, but it is the system, chosen for us, that forces us to cope with the latter.
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Troubling Economic Development Deal in the Works at City Council
In general, economic development deals do not benefit the public in ways politicians claim; instead, they tend to have negative impacts on local communities, especially for the working class. Research on economic development deals that use tax breaks allegedly to attract businesses and investment to cities has shown two important points
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Dispatches from Minneapolis: An Overview
By: Gumbo V Late February is a frigid time to visit Minneapolis, Minnesota, but the people of the Twin Cities are no strangers to fending […]
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Between Marx and Lincoln: German Communists in the American Civil War
by R.K. Upadhya The American Civil War is a key moment of US history. If you grew up in the US, you almost certainly spent […]
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An Inflection Point for Democratic Socialism
by Andrew H In 2025, the United States observed the first proper referendum on the second Trump Administration. Democrats performed well, winning gubernatorial contests in […]
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