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Republican politicians in Washington have been clear about how they plan to force Social Security cuts into law—and Walker would have been a rubber stamp for that plan.

Music is making a comeback in movement spaces, as organizers rediscover how song culture strengthens the capacity to create social change.

Don’t be fooled that this is meaningful reform. It’s about regime self-preservation.

Suggestions that the Supreme Court could adopt parts of the dangerous theory without upending elections are wrong.

Georgia Yes! Raphael Warnock put Georgia on our minds, and Georgia delivered. Portside works to put the most important issues on our minds every day. Once a year, we ask for your help to do so. This is that time.

The attorney general of Louisiana has launched an online form encouraging residents of the state to report librarians who they suspect of stocking sexually explicit books—or anything else they might object to being seen by their kids.

History’s first fascist regime violently seized power in Italy in 1922. It continues to inspire the far right a century later.

Many causes, multiple protests and strikes, one world

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.