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Articles by Arun Gupta
With Grief and Anguish in Portland, Here Are Some Principles to Help Carry You Forward
With Grief and Anguish in Portland, Here Are Some Principles to Help Carry You Forward
Arun Gupta · There is a lot of grief and anguish in Portland. The killings of the two men standing up to defend women of color were horrific and jarring to everyone in the city of what their sense of community is. But life and politics go on. Here...
Trump Won Because the Democratic Party Failed, Not Because the White Working Class Revolted
Trump Won Because the Democratic Party Failed, Not Because the White Working Class Revolted
Arun Gupta · The reckoning is here for progressives and the Democratic Party now that the unthinkable has happened. Most of America, shell-shocked, is asking how Hillary Clinton and the entire Democratic establishment could lose to a woman-bashing...
How Cities Can Protect People Threatened by Trumpism
How Cities Can Protect People Threatened by Trumpism
Arun Gupta · Cities can offer shelter and protection to their vulnerable citizens and become a place progressives can exert real power.
How a Trump Presidency Would Unleash a Torrent of Racist Violence-And Devastate the Left
How a Trump Presidency Would Unleash a Torrent of Racist Violence-And Devastate the Left
Arun Gupta · The Left should take the Trump threat very seriously.
Field Notes to Life During the Apocalypse
Field Notes to Life During the Apocalypse
Arun Gupta · Humanity, after taking over the driver’s seat of evolution, has crashed it into the brick wall of industrial civilization.
The story behind America's fast food worker uprising
The story behind America's fast food worker uprising
Arun Gupta · The unions, especially the SEIU, are backing this campaign for $15 wages. Some worry the workers are being used like pawns   The sight one year ago of scores of fast-food workers walking off their jobs and marching through the streets...