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When Harvard’s administrators tell Professor West that they cannot bring him up for tenure because it’s “too risky” and he’s “too controversial,” they completely undermine the point of tenure: to protect his freedom to speak truth to power.

Every Republican senator and 8 Democrats voted against adding a $15 minimum wage to the pandemic relief package.

My father wrote 'Strange Fruit.' The Capitol rioters had a lot in common with the lynch mobs that inspired that song.

Police Raids | John Oliver. You With Us? F.T.A. Re-Release | Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland. Invest in Our New York 2021. Dr. Seuss Is Not Cancelled. It's Just Time to Retire Books With Racist Imagery.

Reader Comments: Biden Amazon Union Support; Trump's Return Strategy; GOP Effort to Kill Voting Rights; Life on Mars?; Amazon Virtual Picket Line; International Women's Day; lots of announcements - lots of Zoom opportunities;

The 83-year-old was honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 78th annual Golden Globes and delivered an impassioned speech about elevating all voices. Here's the full speech.

The LINKE party in Germany is one of the most important left-wing parties in Europe (perhaps the most important). Its congress a few days ago avoided a threatening split, elected two women as new co-chairs, and stressed militant unity on most issues

The South is more than its shading on an Electoral College map; the entire region is home to a rich history of resistance against the twin forces of race hierarchy and class exploitation. The Amazon workers union campaign is part of that history.

If working people fail to see real material distinctions between life under Trump and life under Biden, they’ll look for an alternative to the party in power.

Defining imperialism today - what’s changed, and what hasn’t?