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EU for the many, Fixing Brexit, Venezuela stands firm, Brazil's unions, Canadian students on climate strike, Cuba to the rescue, Kerala elections, Fury in Costa Rica

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) privately warned that his caucus could turn on the bill if Puerto Rico is not granted more aid

A budget shows our values more clearly than any tweet, campaign speech, or political slogan

"A dream come true for fossil fuel companies, but a nightmare for the American people."

Mueller dud; Reparations poll; Betocare; Power of the NRA; Trump, McCain and MIAs; Hudson Yards horrorshow; Sneak peek at Term 2

The strike is the result of more than a year of negotiations between UIC Graduate Employees Organization (GEO) Local 6297 and the university administration. Since September 2018, 1,500 teaching and graduate assistants have worked without a contract.

"The inability of the US left to frame how Venezuela was understood during the high point of Chavismo has left us largely helpless now, a failure of solidarity . . . with ongoing consequences for Venezuela."

As with other Trump impulses, such as his sudden order in December to withdraw all US troops from Syria, no administration official appeared to have been consulted.

LA drivers want Uber to scrap the pay cut. They also want a raise. They want the company to reverse a 25 percent-per-mile pay cut.

We 1970s feminists may have believed some odd things. But at least we didn’t think our vulvas were ugly. We had Betty Dodson’s drawings to show us that, in fact, our genitals are as beautiful and varied as our faces.