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In order to fully confront the complexities of how to actually have a just transition away from fossil fuels, workers in those industries need to be at the front of those conversations.

We are at a crossroads where either global apartheid and authoritarian, nativist regimes will prevail, or a radical democratization from below motivated by humanist and universal values as well as love of biodiversity.

Australian social media is an “unfiltered waterfall of tragedy as the country burns.” Each day an area is declared a 'leave zone', an 'evacuation zone', a 'state of disaster', as vast chunks of the country are no longer suitable for human life.

Understaffed and underfunded, Mississippi’s Parchman prison has received media attention for its grisly violence, gang control and subhuman living conditions. Lawmakers have known about these issues for years, and have done nothing to fix it.

With every purchase, those credit cards in our wallets are reinforcing a rich people-friendly America.

In 2018, the Food and Drug Administration approved America’s newest opioid, the strongest prescription painkiller available and the first one brought to you by the Pentagon, which pushed for the drug’s expedited approval and endorses its benefits.

Leftists and trade unionists should look to the energy and strategic intelligence of the Lorain labor movement, which has stayed strong despite substantial changes in the community and economy because of its commitment to struggling for strong contracts, organizing new shops, and building solidarity across industry, union, race, and gender.

Griffiths says the easiest way to organize the day laborers, and create a system that protects their rights, is what’s called a “worker center”: A place where contractors pick up laborers in an orderly fashion, on a first-come-first-serve basis, and negotiate contracts that both sides have to honor.

Outside Science Leadership, Juliana Concepcion, 16, a sophomore from South Philadelphia, held a handmade sign that read: "Students 4 Teachers." "The teachers already do so much for us," she said. "It's just not right for the teachers to have their benefits cut like this."

This is not the first time that Americans For Prosperity has been embroiled in a controversy about misleading voters. It has faced similar accusations in at least three other states: