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COVID-19, and before Covid everything else, has raised a question that is now percolating, and even reverberating. And then came a white knee crushing a Black neck. A dream so long deferred suddenly exploded in city after city. What's next?

A new D.C. lawsuit targets the world’s four largest oil companies (BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and Shell) for misleading consumers about climate change.

Dr. Linda Murray, former chief medical officer for Cook County Department of Public Health, was a doctor serving public housing residents when one of the deadliest heat waves in U.S. history hit Chicago. 25 years later, she sees the same root causes.

Surge in Sudan, purge in UK, African solidarity with US protests, and more

Many citizens appalled by Donald Trump’s handling of coronavirus crisis, study finds

"The Palestinian struggle today is not just about fighting annexation, which we must continue to do. It is about dismantling the entire system of apartheid."

If federal unemployment benefits are not extended when they expire next month, millions of households will be facing both steep rent and unemployment with no assistance. And that means mass evictions.

Intentional voter suppression and unintentional suppression of the vote will collide in November.

Facebook ad boycott, the threat of facial recognition tech, and more

Federal officials rapidly closed many complaints without issuing citations, raising new questions over government inaction