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The polio vaccine highlights the networks of women—some scientists, some not, some named, and some not—who made the laborious, costly, and difficult work of vaccine development possible.

The Supreme Court has been a reactionary institution for most of its history, law professor Sam Moyn tells Jacobin. We need to take on its power and fight for real democracy in the United States.

While rural hospitals have been closing at a quickening pace over the past two decades, a number of inner-city hospitals now face a similar fate.

Two articles: The Fair Tax Amendment: Why the ‘Illinois Exodus’ Could Be a Red Herring (The Chicago Reporter), Flat tax: 'Subsidy for Wealthiest Illinoisans' (One Illinois)

Two articles explore complex battle raging over mail-in balloting.

Amazon's The Boys' Stormfront is a frightening picture of modern fascism.

A deepening COVID­-19 crisis­­­–now surging in most California agricultural counties–puts farmworkers in the pandemic’s crosshairs.

It is not difficult to understand what employers are after. They want to abolish the welfare state, to privatize and corporatize ever bigger parts of our economies and societies, and to defeat the trade union movement.

If you’re reading this, you are likely concerned about how this year's election is taking place.This guide is designed to help people from all walks of life take action to ensure that we have a successful election in November 2020.

Climate change is fast making large parts of the US uninhabitable. As the South and the Southwest grow more dangerous and hot, people will be forced to move north. And those who stay behind will be disproportionately poor and elderly.