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The Supreme Court’s Carpenter ruling can shape privacy protections for new technologies.

Since coronavirus shutdowns began last March, thousands of Asian Americans have faced racist verbal and physical attacks or have been shunned. Tuesday evening a white gunman in Atlanta, killed eight people—six of whom were women of Asian descent...

South of Birmingham, warehouse employees are voting on whether to form a union. Their decision could have ripple effects around the country. A seven-week balloting period began last month and will end on March 29th.

The PRO Act is emerging as the left’s answer to a classic political tension.

To have any chance of implementing popular left-wing ideas, we need to restore the capacity of democratic government to serve working people.

Reader Comments: Stop Anti-Asian Violence; PRO Act; Filibuster; GOP Pushes More Voter Restrictions; Fukushima - Ten Years On; Religion and Anti-Vietnam War Movement; Right-Wing Populism; lots of announcements and Zoom events; more....

Misogyny and white supremacy empower white nationalists to acts of violence, and policymakers to exclude women and immigrants from workplace protections. "We will hold the women and their coworkers and their grieving loved ones in our hearts."

Senate filibuster, invented to uphold slavery, needs abolishing before any progressive legislation passes. The author offers an insider’s account of how reactionary politicians use the upper house to repress working people and hamstring democracy.

The Republican rising star struggled for two days to get clarity with regard to his appearance at a "white pride" - Ku Klux Klan event in 2002. Initially, his office tried to keep things vague, suggesting it was "likely" Scalise attended. He was a veteran state legislator then, elected from the same precincts where David Duke once ran strong. When it became clear he was not just present but a presenter, Scalise started spinning scenarios that might explain it all away.

Kenworthy thinks that capitalism working at its best—an Americanized version of the Nordic model—would be worth fighting for. I agree.