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The indictment comes as some states expand terror laws to ensnare protesters who block “critical infrastructure.”
Biden’s Labor Department is moving to abolish “subminimum wage” rules, but the Trump administration may undo the win.
Five years ago, a group of 27 law students at the University of the South Pacific came together and hatched a bold new plan to bring the issue of...
The United States healthcare system is so broken, sometimes I forget that it used to be even worse. After all, 15 short years ago, pregnant people...
Christian nationalists have made inroads in Texas with their push to eliminate the separation between church and state.
Today, US senators will be forced to record for posterity whether they condone US enabling of the genocide in Gaza.
Last week, 52 Democrats voted to embolden a fascist. Let’s back up. For the past year, leading members of the Democratic Party have increasingly...
For decades, making progress on global climate action has felt like trying to tunnel through a mountain with only a spoon and some elbow grease. When...
Leftist organizers in red states know the importance of base-building in local communities when rights are under attack.
There’s an old saying that goes, “If you put 10 economists in a room, you’ll get 11 opinions.” The data, meanwhile, shows that if you ask U.S....
The Veepification of U.S. politics reached its climax this month, as Vice President Kamala Harris embarked on a swing state campaign tour alongside...
The right already has its eyes on judicial appointments not yet filled by the Biden administration.
Officials are sounding the alarm about mail-in voting again, signaling the need for investment in the postal service.
On October 8, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a landmark rule aimed at tackling lead contamination in drinking water. Utility...
With homes destroyed and income gone, undocumented and migrant workers are overlooked when it comes to federal relief.
“We thought we were going to die there. We didn’t think anybody was going to come back for us.” The post Hurricane-Struck North Carolina...
After the fire had retreated and the evacuation orders were lifted, my mother took me on a walk through our backyard. The pale dust of the southern...
Workers at a sprawling Amazon warehouse outside of Raleigh, North Carolina, have taken their first formal step forward in their fight to organize the...
When it comes to the overdose crisis, Donald Trump would like you to believe that the problem — along with almost every other problem currently...
The Boeing strike is the latest test of the Biden-Harris administration’s labor agenda, with more challenges on the way.
On one of the most consequential nights in the 2024 presidential race, the fate of our entire planet received all of 120 seconds. Vice President...
The morning after a mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, left four people dead and nine injured, members of the Georgia Senate...
With the presidential election just two months away, all eyes are on Pennsylvania. Donald Trump and Kamala Harris’s campaigns have each spent more...
International caps on plastic production are key to ending “waste colonialism.”
Striking Uber and Lyft drivers showed their power in Tennessee over Labor Day weekend and have vowed future strikes.
Democrats seem to think that the issue — which carries life-or-death stakes — is too divisive to address.
The climate crisis didn’t receive much primetime attention during this year’s Democratic National Convention (DNC). But away from the bright...
DNC delegates will vote on a platform that pledges to crack down on asylum and fund the police.
In the eastern reaches of the Mediterranean Sea lie vast reserves of natural gas. For more than a decade, Israel has generated billions of dollars in...
The last time the Democratic Party released a platform, mass death and illness were haunting the political landscape. By mid-August 2020, more than...
The “Summer of Heat” movement is pushing Citibank to divest from fossil fuels. Will the bank listen?
From the drug war to the death penalty, Kamala Harris's past as a prosecutor deserves scrutiny.
There is no way to push a pro-genocide candidate left. There is no such thing as a progressive genocide.
Sean O’Brien, president of the Teamsters union, took to the stage on the first night of the Republican National Convention (RNC) with some fiery...
North Carolina Republicans are smooth operators. They often manage to insert a far right agenda into legislation, without exhibiting the same...
Proposed laws to curtail the use of PVC plastics have failed amid heavy lobbying. The post Vinyl Chloride Industry Keeps Expanding Despite East...