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Running ads portraying Black candidates as soft on crime — or as “different” or “dangerous” — Republicans have shed quiet defenses of such tactics for unabashed defiance. For the Trumpers it was always about all about race.

You can’t play with the fire of nationalist politics without getting burned. You may think you can manage the Maga mob or the Brexit brigade, but you’re fooling yourself. They are coming for you too, Kevin McCarthy and Rishi Sunak.

Mike Davis died this week. Often misread as a “prophet of doom,” the Marxist historian was actually an optimist and a dreamer.

Americans who don't believe in God are a fast-growing and left-leaning force in politics – and they’re typically even more politically active than white evangelicals.

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Municipal retirees and supporters rallied against the switch to privatized for-profit Medicare Advantage health insurance. UFT President Michael Mulgrew continues to advocate amending NYC’s Administrative Code, allowing the switch to happen.

Taylor Moore was fired from Kickstarter for trying to unionize. We spoke to him about the crowdfunding company’s union-busting campaign, the promise of tech worker activism, and the importance of democracy in digital platforms.

At a time when women’s crucial and unresolved unpaid labor in the home is largely overshadowed by #MeToo, loss of abortion rights, and an upsurge of violence against women, it is good to be reminded of this core oppression.

When schools introduce these technologies, they open the to door to labeling students’ normal thoughts, words, and movements as dangerous — and potentially involving law enforcement.

Lethal contamination at Norton Air Force Base in San Bernardino, California threatens human health 35 years after the base closed.