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The 700,000 member Communications Workers of America has endorsed Secretary Hillary Clinton. They had formerly endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders. They wrote, We know that elections are about choices. the contrast between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, couldn't be greater."

This memoir is last book written by the late Benedict Anderson, whose Imagined Communities (1983) was a major contribution to the modern understanding of the nation-state and of nationalism. As Joshua Kurlantzick shows, Anderson's life was as rich as his scholarship was provocative.

When asked if they ever went without eating for an entire day because they lacked enough money for food, 7% of students at two-year colleges and 5% of students at four-year colleges said yes.

As the African-born mother of US-born black children, I am deeply aware of the impact African American pop culture has on them. I freely acknowledge that African American pop culture contributes significantly to the ways in which my children see their world and how they develop a sense of identity. My son immerses himself in hip-hop. My other daughter watches dancer WilldaBeast videos. For Ojurere, it is Beyoncé all the way.

#FreeOscarLopez: “It is now or never and President Obama holds all the cards.”

This piece was originally performed on July 6, 2016 at Sidewalk Cafe in New York City as part of a show by Jamie Kilstein & The Agenda.

Without massive mobilizations that question the policies of austerity and the budget rights of the European Parliament, there can be no democratization of the European Union. Instead there is only catchy phrases and a "post-democratic" reality.

As the nation becomes more Black and Brown, an economic crisis in wage earnings could be on the horizon.

A combination of better jobs and pensions will remove one political obstacle to a green transition—and it’s the right thing to do.