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In 2020, COVID and the murder of George Floyd at the hands of the police revealed the extent to which people of color and the entire working class is confronting the economic injustice and racism of a political system stacked in favor of elites.

In 2016, Donald Trump said "I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters, OK? It's, like, incredible." He is indeed a murderer, but as president, he's proven to be anything but a smalltime killer.

Amid “white power” chants and maskless rallies, the President spreads hate (and likely COVID-19) during Minnesota fundraiser and campaign rally.

Voting rights groups are demanding local officials do more to protect voters from intimidation by right wing extremists enlisted by President Trump to suppress the vote. The most likely targets will be polls in communities of color in swing states.

Tribal sovereignty and the well being of Native people hinge on the outcome of the 2020 elections. Yet, voter suppression, the fractured relationship with the major political parties and the US government continues to disenfranchise Native voters.

Sign NOW! We have only a few days to stop cuts in Social Security.

A judge called out the Obama administration for its "bad faith" restrictions.

Abuse and Basketball at Rutgers. Pat Nichols Plays Delta Blues in KC. Koko the Gorilla and Jeremy Irons on Gay Marriage. The Hunted and the Hated: Stop and Frisk in NYC. Fast Food Workers Open a New Front. 'Chained CPI' Would Cut Social Security.

Vermont's aggressive health care reform initiatives can serve as a roadmap for other states, according to Laura Grubb, a Master of Public Health candidate at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). "Vermont is progressive," said Grubb, also a fellow in adolescent medicine at the UTHealth Medical School. "They didn't wait until each step of the Affordable Care Act had to be implemented. They voted on their own state-based reform system."

The reaction to video footage of the tirades by Rutgers basketball coach Mike Rice suggests that the public is no longer willing to give coaches broad leeway when they turn to abusive tactics.