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Acting on the principle "All of us or none," delegates to the AFL-CIO Convention joined Black Lives Matter protesters outside the meeting hall.

Ludwig Lore's grandson recounts the life of the revolutionary militant and German emigre who began a new life as a newspaper editor and political commentator. A close associate of Leon Trotsky, Lore was a founder of the American Communist Party until his expulsion when he went on to be be a noted critic of both Stalin and Hitler.

Immigrant communities throughout California led the fight for legislation that does away with deportation practices, such as local police arrests for "civil immigrant warrants", and helps ensure that spaces like schools, health facilities, courthouses and other spaces are safe and accessible to all.

A new report offers a bracing autopsy of the 2016 election—and lays out a plan for revitalization.

To better understand how incarceration has impacted young people in the U.S., we’re here to explain.

Walker’s annotations of the Harper’s illustrations remind visitors that African-Americans also lost life and limb in the fight for their freedom.

Relying on state violence to curb domestic violence only ends up harming the most marginalized women.

Reporters and editors at the commonly owned New York news sites DNAinfo and Gothamist are now represented by the Writers Guild of America East.

A group of eminent psychiatrists and mental health professionals have published their assessment of President Donald Trump's fitness for office.