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The current deadlock on the Supreme Court makes it particularly attractive for plaintiffs looking to block Obama administration policies to file suit in federal courts in Texas, sometimes directing their cases to particular judges there. Any appeals go to the 5th Circuit, widely viewed as the most conservative federal appeals court in the country.

The Movement for Black Lives is calling on cities to launch participatory budgeting processes to make public spending fairer.

In this time of pipeline protests in the Dakotas, poet Carol Denney sings her lyrics of a familiar ecological catastrophe: “they tear through our mountains/they tear through our town/after the damage/they’re nowhere around.”

The surprise verdict over the armed occupation has left many concerned that it will encourage other militias to take action against the government

If 'yes' votes prevail across the country, about 75 million people accounting for more than 23 percent of the U.S. population would live in states where recreational pot is legal

'Freedom of the press is guaranteed'

Trump could win the state by the lowest margin in recent history.

Opioids: John Oliver. A Change Is Gonna Come | Live in Brazil. Terror Lynching in America. Trump and the GOP Crack-Up: A Closer Look. Before the Flood | Documentary.

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Not so much as a comprehensive weekly review of one unitary book, the following contribution is a synthetic culling of classics on white supremacy and racialism in the United States. We at Portside believe the essay is must reading, as are the books cited.