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Trump’s dangerous and provocative move regarding Jerusalem—like so many of his reckless policies both abroad and at home—requires strong, broad-based opposition. It is unfortunate that, at least in this case, there is no real opposition party.

“What we’re really seeing is a targeted effort by the GOP to not just attack education, but working-class students’ access to it.”

The tax bill will compound the warfare on human rights that the Trump administration continues to perpetuate with its regressive policies.

The race between Cyril Ramaphosa and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma as to who will succeed Jacob Zuma as ANC president remains too close to call. The divisions between the candidates reflect the divisions within the revolutionary alliance that brought an end to South African apartheid.

The chaos surrounding last week’s presidential elections in Honduras reflects a rightwing consolidation of power in the country, abetted by the United States.

Rotten to the core; Funding the stung stingers; Texas style; Prairie homeless; The new Puerto Rican exodus; #MeToo strategically

All national police will refuse to enforce a curfew after days of deadly violence triggered by allegations of electoral fraud.

The criminalization of drug use was and still is an easy excuse to surveil and control populations.

Two new books shed light on the sustained union-busting campaigns that bookended that all-too brief period of labor-management détente. Chad Pearson’s Reform or Repression: Organizing America’s Anti-Union Movement, and Lane Windham's Knocking on Labor’s Door: Union Organizing in the 1970’s and the Roots of a New Economic Divide.

The president on Wednesday will also announce relocating the U.S. Embassy, a move that could undermine peace efforts.