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

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.

"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."

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

In this essay, Tim Whitmarsh challenges what most of us were taught, and what we think we know, about the Ancient world and the idea of "race."

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

The teachers agreement agreement, which was passed with more than 77 percent of the roughly 90,000 votes cast and includes billions of dollars in back pay, is likely to set the standard for several other municipal unions that, like the teachers’ union, were left without contracts in the final years of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s administration.

A Rio de Janeiro favela hosts People's Cup for communities affected by FIFA restrictions, evictions and home demolitions.

City's police have shot dead 25 people since 2010; activists occupy mayor's office to demand police reform.

Senator Bernie Sanders: 'We need to expand economic models that help the middle-class.'