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Queen & Slim is all of us in a time of crisis. Their crisis was evident; on the run from the law. Our crisis is the reality of what it means to be Black in America today. 

After Rep. Greg Walden, the biggest recipient of pharmaceutical campaign cash in the last election cycle, met with Trump, the president decided to scrap his support for lower drug prices.

This is a period when on certain issues, massive, non-violent direct action is in order, as the demonstration in Seattle shows.

Struggling for decades to find its voice, the Iraqi Communist Party is helping shape the battle for the nation's soul

Food waste is a global problem, but the U.S. is a major offender, wasting up to 40% of its food supply each year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Our government’s and corporate media’s failure to capture the true extent of unemployment creates a distorted narrative about work that feeds bewilderment and self-recrimination.

...the Trump administration has been seeking to expand mining on public lands and further loosen environmental rules under the banner of weaning the United States off importing minerals deemed “critical” to national security.

Five days after a bill ending private prisons in the state was signed into law, the Trump administration found a way to get around it.

We could easily fund health care for all by ending military boondoggles and fruitless wars. Here’s how.