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Orange Crush—or the tact team, as they’re called officially—is the Illinois Department of Correction’s (IDOC) most oppressive armed wing.

If elections are wealthy interests versus voters, the counter to the power of Big Money is to increase voters’ financial power.

This work by Zora Neale Hurston, the famed author of the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937), has surfaced after over eight decades. It is the autobiography, as transcribed by Hurston, of the life of one of the last persons enslaved in Africa and brought to this country.

The walkout against the district was the first teachers strike in Colorado in nearly a quarter of a century. Garnering the attention of both the state and nation, the action is the first public-sector workers strike in Pueblo since 1977.

Puerto Rico is the latest example of "disaster capitalism." The Financial Board is promoting a pension cut for all public employees, sub-minimun wage jobs for workers under 25, and layoffs of teachers and other public employees.

Internal documents obtained by the Guardian reveal a nationwide drive to persuade union members to quit and stop paying dues.

Internal documents obtained by the Guardian reveal a nationwide drive to persuade union members to quit and stop paying dues.

Eschewing policies to lower costs here, the president tells drug companies to raise their prices abroad. (We’re not making this up.)

What the Michael Cohen story tells us about Trumpian corruption

Despite violations of international law, Israel still has support of many countries. An Interview with author, Jeff Halper, co-founder of The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, conducted by Marc Daalder offers an explanation. Written prior to the 2016 elections, it is still relevant today