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He was one of the early players of color in the NFL. Racism and, ultimately, ostracism came with the territory

'We are in a struggle between a progressive movement that mobilizes around a shared vision of prosperity, security and dignity for all people, against one that defends oligarchy and massive global income and wealth inequality'

 A majority of the staff at the historic Highlander Research and Education Center based in New Market, TN have formed a union with Workers United Southern Region, SEIU.

Our hypocrisy on war crimes makes a rules-based world, one that abides by international law, impossible.

They've sold out to big money and don't give a rat's ass about the issues that really matter to most Americans

The peace movement challenged as never before

The alliance that some labor leaders made with Trump is built on sand. The author believes they will come to regret it.

The road to secularism began with how-to books, claims William Eamon, who takes us on a tour of how this happened. Among the most famous how-to books is the first modern political instruction manual.

Sens. Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz debated the future of health care in the US Tuesday night. CNN's Reality Check Team of reporters, researchers and editors vetted the claims, rating them true, misleading or false. And the winner is ...

The historical time is in our favour. What helps us in this fight is that the kind of society we propose is in the interests of the immense majority. The great question is: why does this not translate into an equivalent social and electoral support? Part of the reason is media disinformation. But we are also at fault. We have not been able to explain our project in understandable terms. And worst of all, we preach democracy but act in an authoritarian way.