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Activist and scholar says he is being denied tenure at Harvard University because of his views on Israeli occupation. There is a long history of attempts to suppress or have outspoken critics of Israel fired from academic posts.

Joe Biden has promised to ensure climate justice, but will his administration rise to the challenge? With the Biden Administration pledging to take the climate crisis seriously, some grounds for optimism exist.

In state after state, Republicans want to suppress voting because they know they are a minority party. It took decades to overcome the Jim Crow laws imposed at the end of Reconstruction. We can’t wait decades this time.

Street rage and strikes in South Africa, Myanmar, Thailand, and more news from four continents

Even picking up onions and tying shoelaces have become anti-coup activities

Instead of transformative changes, we get Black History Month-themed Apple Watches and Black sitcom collections on Netflix

Democrats want to pay billions to put Americans on expensive corporate health insurance plans rather than expand Medicare or create a public option. It’s a gift to a criminal private insurance industry that needs to be completely abolished.

Dueling monopolies in Australia, what it means for platform regulation and free speech, and more media news.

How can you recover if the crises never stop?

Poet and countercultural pioneer put on trial for publishing Allen Ginsberg’s Howl went on to become a beloved icon of San Francisco