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August 6 and August 9 were the dates of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In an article written in June during a visit to Hirsohima, Vijay Prashad writes of the legacy of that tragedy and the continuing struggle for peace and disarmament.

A museum exhibit about successful protests in Washington DC during the civil rights era defending neighborhoods from "urban renewal" projects is really raising a question: Do people have a right to the city?

Ax for Alex; Boom or Bust?; Tronc's Dirty Work; Press Hate; The Game in Spain

Former US Congressman and Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums, who passed away recently, played a leading role in the global fight against South African Apartheid in the 1980s.

The passivity toward nuclear weapons, of which the former defense secretary spoke, is being defied across the world. After a decade of global organizing by peace and social movement, 122 countries agreed in 2017 to adopt a ban on nuclear weapons.

When 1,800 nurses and technical staff struck for better wages July 12-13 at the University of Vermont Medical Center, they weren't just calling for raises for themselves. They’re also calling for a $15 minimum wage or their nonunion co-workers

In some U.S. metro areas, rents for low-income residents have increased by more than 40 percent since 2011, new data shows

Israeli arms are being sent to a heavily armed neo-Nazi militia in Ukraine, The Electronic Intifada has learned.

Imagine a quickly assembled militia, with legally purchased firearms and military-like training, having a standoff with US Border Patrol over the family separations that have occurred at the border of the United States and Mexico.