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Congressional interference in local affairs is not about an earnest desire to improve public safety or democracy in D.C. It’s political theater: hyperpartisan combatants in our divisive, national discourse seeking to score points for their next hometown election cycle.

Why on earth are people's lives being valued differently depending on the country they live in?

Even in the darkest of times, in the most hopeless of places, Eddie’s commitment to organizing for liberation was unwavering. And, despite the unimaginable toll that 44 years of incarceration had taken on him, Eddie’s organizing did not stop when he walked out of prison.

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The excerpt released hints at “recommendations on indictments and relevant statutes.” In fact, the jurors offer an explicit endorsement of any further crimes the District Attorney might wish to charge.

“His story is his story. He went through racism. It’s something that can’t be changed,” Clemente's son, Roberto Clemente Jr., told NBC News.

A very strange conversation with the chatbot built into Microsoft’s search engine led to it declaring its love for me.

"The railroads, their CEOs, and the hedge fund robber barons will not listen, but railroad workers have the solution to managing and operating critical railroad infrastructure."

All the talk of Social Security “going bankrupt” or becoming “insolvent” is just plain wrong. This is just scare talk designed to convince people that big cuts to the program are necessary and inevitable. It’s simply not true.

A recent Department of Education decision marks a victory for Palestine solidarity organizing, but the fight isn’t over.