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Farms are dangerous workplaces. Grain silos are well known death traps that kill dozens of workers, often children, every year.

Washington State Poet Laureate Rena Priest celebrates the beloved “Indian Country,” even welcomes people aboard, but adds a surprise twist to the invitation.

The recent election results make it clear that although Nicolás Maduro won by a wide margin on May 20, there exists a significant majority made up of those who voted for the opposition and those who dd not vote in these elections.

Walker’s attack and the Janus litigation are similar not only because they directly attack working people and their right to organize, but because both have been bankrolled and directed by a network of billionaires and right-wing foundations.

New York also saw a major rally, as did Los Angeles, Dallas, Denver, Chicago, Boston and other big cities. In Greenfield Ma., population 17,000, 500 people attended a rally on the Town Common. Over 700 rallies were listed nationally.

The calls to abolish ICE among Democrats picked up after the 28-year-old Ocasio-Cortez defeated Rep. Joseph Crowley (N.Y.) in an upset few saw coming.

We shouldn't let a handful of reactionary judges get in the way of progressive change. It's time to pack the Supreme Court.

Pankaj Mishra reviews two books on the liberal democratic response to the rule of Trump. While one author aims to beat the right-wing populists at their own game, the other seeks to reinstate socialism as an “ethical ideal and political objective.”

Regardless of his motives, Kennedy will be responsible for allowing Trump to name a replacement who, along with the other right-wingers on the court, will further erode American democracy.

Public funding, private management — these four words sum up American-style privatization whether applied to airports, prisons, or elementary and secondary schools.