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"We are facing the greatest existential crisis humanity has ever faced. And yet it has been ignored. You who have ignored it know who you are.”

Amnesty International described the move as “the latest attack on international justice and international institutions by an administration hellbent on rolling back human rights protections.”

The costs of having a corporate Democrat chair the House Ways and Means Committee

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A radical idea is gaining adherents on the left. It’s the perfect way to blunt tech-driven inequality.

Oregon may become the first state to lower the voting age to 16 years in all local and statewide elections.

"The fight for the web is one of the most important causes of our time."

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As a rule, when the people are disposed to struggle, the task of socialists is to help them prepare and organize their political campaigns most carefully. (This was motivated by a discussion regarding Karl Kautsky’s political legacy.)

The 2020 Democratic campaign is already shaping up to be a battle of big ideas. But when it comes to reforming our criminal legal system, the conversation hasn’t been as visionary — in fact, it’s been almost exclusively backward looking.