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Scott Warren offered food, water, and clothing to migrants on a deadly stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border. Now he’s facing twenty years in prison. Humanitarian groups fear the situation will only get worse.

Defending liberal democracy from Trumpism is not a distraction from what is really important. It is itself really important, as an end and as a means of further advancing a progressive agenda.

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Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Guatemala, Bolivia - and Solidarity with Ahwazi Steelworkers

Teachers across the country face a systematic underfunding of public schools and a systematic devaluing of the teaching profession by leaders who say public education should be swept aside to make room for a system of private free-market education.

Writer Jenn M. Jackson explores the radical nature of Martin Luther King Jr., whose legacy, she says, was whitewashed over time.

"Today's ruling is a strong signal to the Trump administration that any attempts to politicize and corrupt the 2020 census will fail."

Residents take part in vigils after stabbing of Paweł Adamowicz on stage at charity concert

The Los Angeles teachers' strike isn't all about wages. At its core, the strike is a fight against a hostile takeover of public schools by the superrich.

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