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Would a Joe Biden administration relieve pressure on China, with less antagonism? Though the rhetoric may be softened, the main thrust of US policy, to prevent Beijing from ever achieving international parity with Washington, is unlikely to change

To see one of the few dark-skinned fat queer women on HBO's Lovecraft Country killed off by their white racist lover was just so deeply upsetting.

The victory at the New Yorker caused a domino effect: the unions at Wirecutter, Buzzfeed News, and Ziff Davis have now also secured just cause, proving that using power builds power.

“It’s not about conservatives or liberals,” Wood said. “It’s more about defending our democratic process.”

Kim Stanley Robinson is the author of more than twenty books, including New York 2140. He talked to Jacobin about his latest work, his vision of socialism, and why we must fight to imagine the end of capitalism rather than the end of the world.

Li Andersson, Chair of the Finnish Left Alliance, and Minister of Education, has promoted polices to invest in teacher training and reduce differences between schools, improve public health, increase parental leave.

Unlike many people incarcerated in state and federal prisons legally ineligible to vote, moat in local jails -- detained pretrial or held on misdemeanor charges -- are legally eligible to vote, but are unable to do so,

Republican-appointed appellate judges continue to overturn rulings to make mail-in voting easier. Some federal judges have ruled in favor of voters, but the two appellate courts that hear cases from the Deep South have overturned those decisions.

Braving guns and threats, smoke and a pandemic, hotel and restaurant union workers are rallying voters in Arizona. And they are finding a surprising number of people want to talk about an election they see as the most important of their lifetime.

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