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We live in a country where recognizing Black humanity has always been a fight.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is backing a return of rent control, decades after it was banned in a state referendum. But disappointment among tenant activists raises questions about what rent control is supposed to achieve.

A new manifesto calls for building "a sustainable social pact for the 21st century" in which "our rights are guaranteed, not based on our ability to pay, or on whether a system produces profit, but on whether it enables all of us to live well together in peace and equality."

Austerity was once a conservative rationale for cutting spending. Now, it’s an explanation of the consequences.

Inequality, poverty and discrimination lie behind explosion of rural anger against rich Lima

A successful strategy for progressive party-building in the House requires a dedicated inside-outside strategy—and the Congressional Progressive Caucus is growing its capacity on the inside.

She doesn’t oppose an active U.S. foreign policy. She opposes the myth — which frames so much official discourse in Washington — that American foreign policy is intrinsically moral.

The first Trader Joe’s location in the South affiliated with Trader Joe"s United.

A 1992 study claims that officers who show weakness are more likely to be killed. Law-enforcement culture has never recovered.

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