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‘This is why snipers are mainly targeting teenagers: to break their spirit.’

The industry is known for getting its way in Louisiana, and the federal government has a dismal record when it comes to holding polluters accountable for environmental racism. However, local activists are fighting back with help from allies.

Contrary to the myth that socialists have always ignored gender oppression, women’s suffrage was first won by socialist feminists — and working-class revolt.

The main lesson of correísmo is that no project of transformation, if it wants to sustain and even deepen social change, can weaken the people who propel it forward.

The police consent decree fails to make amends to African-American young people, who are both most harmed by the department and a driving force in a city on the cusp of a historic change in leadership.

In recent years, a cavalcade of studies has documented biases that favor male researchers in hiring, pay, prize money, speaking invitations and even the effusiveness displayed in letters of recommendation.

After Hurricane Harvey devastated Houston, rescue crews and residents complained of nausea and dizziness. NASA scientists prepared to send the world’s most sophisticated aircraft to monitor the pollution, but Texas and the EPA told them to stay away.

Socialists can't wave away concerns about the feasibility of a future socialist society — we need to offer people credible answers.

Time zones can be as much about politics as logistics. Spain switched time zones in 1941, a gesture of solidarity from Francisco Franco to Adolf Hitler.

Ms. Manning said she had ethical objections to the secrecy of the grand-jury system and “will not comply” with the subpoena.