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This week’s Israeli incursion into Jenin showed the violence of occupation and blatant disregard for Palestinian rights. At least 133 Palestinians have been killed by Israel since the start of this year alone.

From culture wars to civil war?

A recent conference brought together democratic socialist elected officials from across the United States—including Bernie Sanders—to collaborate and strategize on advancing progressive public policy.

Nearly 160 years after Frederick Douglass first delivered his iconic address "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?," his questions and challenges are as relevant as ever.

The result is that student debt cancellation for 43 million borrowers has been wiped away.

What exactly does the Supreme Court recommend we do about the most dangerous crisis our species has ever faced?

Thousands of cases involving enslaved people that lawyers and judges continue to cite as good precedent, more than a century after the 13th Amendment abolished slavery in the U.S.

How an “undeserving” kid like me got admitted to Stanford

Shining light on federal records in 1966. Segregating the U.S. civil service in 1913. Smallpox scam in 2002. March of the Mill Children in 1903. A big win for airline workers in 1966. 14th Amendment inked in 1868. Telstar fried by a nuke in 1962.

Continuing the debate over peace movement strategy and principles, John Feffer addresses proposals for the U.S. to cut off weapons to Ukraine, arms control with Russia, Ukraine membership in the European Union, and the Wagner mutiny.