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Portland in 2020, Los Angeles Today, the United States Tomorrow?

Now that Trump has threatened to prosecute CNN, what happens next will define the role of the press and the soul of this nation…

"This book is not about Toni Morrison, Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author," writes reviewer Washington, "but about Toni Morrison, boundary-pushing senior editor at Random House."

Workers build a democracy of their own

In the winter of 1934, four and a half years into the Great Depression, a small group of experienced, dedicated labor activists in the city’s coal yards launched a new strategy to revitalize the labor movement.

The Trump administration has fired a majority of National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health staffers and is proposing severe reductions to its budget.

In an era of escalating climate threats, we need a stronger public sector with more resources to mitigate risks, help people weather storms, and adapt for the future.

Social housing promises a different path forward.

Signed into law 90 years ago, labor’s onetime ‘magna carta’ is now a very dead letter.

Hospitals stand to lose hundreds of millions of dollars under the new tax and spending law, with rural facilities at particular risk. Some states are likely to reconvene their legislatures to deal with funding shortfalls.