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Researchers are tackling the problem of antibiotic resistance head on — by hunting for the genes that enable bacteria to become resistant to life-saving medications.

Dick Gregory used his humor to spread messages of social justice and nutritional health.

Army brass knows that if every Black soldier quit in protest over Donald Trump’s comments, the U.S. military would collapse.

It has never been more important to acknowledge the history of fascism and neo-fascism in America

Racism is part of the Trump family DNA.

The aftermath of Charlottesville has brought up important questions about who should be speaking, and who should be listening.

With teachers facing similar attacks in school districts across the country, it makes sense to share strategies for fighting back. That’s the goal of the United Caucuses of Rank-and-File Educators (UCORE), a growing network of locals and caucuses within the teachers unions.

To get a better sense of the situation on the ground in Venezuela, Green Left Weekly’s Federico Fuentes interviewed Steve Ellner, a well-known analyst of Venezuelan and Latin American politics and a retired professor at Venezuela’s Universidad de Oriente.

An open letter from the great-great-grandsons of Stonewall Jackson.

The case is not the first instance on the government asking tech companies for details on Trump dissidents. Earlier this year, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) briefly tried to get Twitter to reveal information to identify an account holder whose messages on the social media platform had been critical of Trump.