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Barack Obama is “responsible for the biggest escalation in the history of the one-sided war against Black America." He increased militarization of local police 24-fold before banning some kinds of Pentagon weapons transfers, but is now preparing to send more battlefield weaponry to the streets of our cities. “Clinton or Trump will surely build on Obama’s lethal legacy.”

For President Correa, the success of socialism can be seen in the reduction of inequality and poverty in Ecuador.

Solidarity grows.

On August 13, the world celebrated the 90th birthday of Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro Ruz, the only individual ever to be acknowledged by the UN as a “World Hero of Solidarity.” It is very hard to think of a more important world leader than Fidel.

Without a grasp of history, it is hard to know the power and lessons of the past. Without knowledge of the long arc of change, it is hard to know where to go or how to get there.

We may be close to understanding the interactions of quarks and gluons within the nucleus of atoms, and when we do one of the longest-standing mysteries of physics, where the mass of the known matter of the universe comes from, may finally yield to humanity.

Climate disruption is inextricably linked to economic inequality. Serious climate solutions must be, too.

Demographic shifts mean that, for the first time in half a century, Democrats have a real chance at winning states in the South and Southwest.

In testimony at his manslaughter trial for summarily executing a disarmed Palestinian attacker, Elor Azaria, an Israeli Defense Force sergeant, is openly describing the violence, de-humanization, hatred, and settler domination that define the Israeli occupation. But make no mistake; he’s not breaking his silence, he is unrepentant. This is the trial of a soldier who committed a crime, and of an entire system mobilized to brand him as an “unrepresentative” lone gunman.

Fifteen states will have laws in place this Election Day that have never before been tested in a presidential election.