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Dirt from the digital dust-ups: Trump vs TikTok, Tech moguls in the House, Facebook pants down, and more

M.A.R.CH. co-founder Phuong Nguyen discusses what the Memphis-based organization has meant within the vibrant social justice scene and how developing care policies in a right-to-work state could impact the future of childcare movements.

Charlotta Bass was the first Black woman to run for Vice President of the United States, on the Progressive Party ticket in 1952. Her speech is particularly relevant as Kamala Harris builds on her legacy today.

The lead plaintiffs include members of the North Carolina Public Service Workers Union, UE Local 150 and members of the North Carolina American Association of University Professors.

Democracy Now speaks with Ziad Abu-Rish, a historian and research fellow at the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies and co-director of Bard College’s Masters of Arts program in human rights and the arts.

The United Electrical Workers was one of America’s mightiest unions. Many leaders were leftists who challenged corporate power, so UE was decimated by McCarthyism. The union survived and UE's model of militant, democratic unionism can revive labor.

For Indigenous peoples of the Americas, the U.S.-Mexico border is increasingly a symbol and tool of genocide.

The Proposition 15 ballot measure aims to hike commercial tax rates and potentially raise billions to support funding for schools and other public infrastructure.

Class solidarity is the glue that holds segments of society together, and can be a powerful tool for organizing and defending our communities.

Iowa was the last state in the country that permanently took voting rights away from citizens with past convictions unless the government approved individual rights restoration – which now applies only to people with felony homicide convictions.