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There is no investigation that can give New Yorkers a governor we can trust not to abuse power and lie.

With every aspect of Uyghur life under threat in Xinjiang, China, young Uyghurs in the diaspora have rallied to connect with their culture and each other

America has never taken responsibility for spraying herbicide over Laos during the Vietnam War. But generations of ethnic minorities have endured the consequences.

"Walmart, which pays its CEO nearly 1,000 times more than its average worker, would pay up to $855 million more in taxes."

Education, health and union leaders announced Monday they have signed off on guidelines to bring more students back to campus at Hawaii’s public schools, especially at the elementary level.

This book, writes reviewer Nair, "recovers a long-forgotten history of urban organizing," by focusing on five Chicago and Philadelphia groups that were active in the 1960s and 1970s.

The Left faces Islamophobia in Europe, as Myanmar masses start to see how they were used. More news and analysis from everywhere

As the country "celebrates" Veterans Day, the fact is that warfare is not conducive to freedom. Amid the heightened fear and inflamed nationalism that accompany war, governments and many of their citizens regard dissent as akin to treason. In these circumstances, "national security" usually trumps liberty. As the journalist Randolph Bourne remarked during World War I: "War is the health of the state." Americans who cherish freedom should keep this in mind.

Join thousands at SOA Watch's 25th anniversary Vigil at the gates of Fort Benning, Georgia, where we will remember the martyrs and denounce continued SOA violence against our brothers and sisters in Latin America. "We will converge, many thousands strong, at the gates of Fort Benning, Georgia in November because justice will not be delivered unto us. We will come to demand it."

When Bill McKibben says that "there are no jobs on a dead planet," he is, no doubt, stating the obvious. Labor, on the other hand, retorts: What good is a living planet dominated by dead labor? In many ways, this essay simply suggests that any labor plan to tackle climate change must find a way to address this tension.