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In 1972 the Republican platform had called for gun control to restrict the sale of “cheap handguns.” In 1980, the Republican platform opposed the federal registration of firearms, and the NRA endorsed a presidential candidate—Reagan—for the first time.

It seems unimaginable that we are backsliding into the era of exploiting child labor. But that’s precisely what the GOP appears to be doing.

The contract that the writers are striking for could set a powerful precedent that AI must work for people, rather than being used to marginalize people to juice profits.

What do plutocrats and Supreme Court members get from being friends?

The HALT Act was passed to end long-term solitary confinement. Enforcing it is a whole new struggle.

The Court has spent the last several years claiming the other two branches’ powers for itself.

The first film to fully explore the 1937 tragedy in Chicago, when police shot and killed ten pro-labor marchers--and the shocking film cover-up that followed.

Sudan is in yet another civil war. Can it put military rule behind it once and for all?

Entire board resigns over actions of academic publisher whose profit margins outstrip even Google and Amazon

If we are serious about saving democracy, care and the planet we need to address the root of the crisis, which is capital’s insatiable need to devour them.