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And Republicans are poised to gain a 6-3 majority on the Supreme Court.

Three articles. Researchers are finding that children of all ages become infected and spread the virus to others but that children do respond differently immunologically to this virus, and it seems to be protecting the kids.

A satirical, spoken piece with rousing, happy music, and is narrated by Mr. Wendell Pierce, and it features-- a main character of Mr. Game who was a combination of a political, street hustler, Dolomite evangelical preacher, carnival barker, con man.

Ethan Hawke's ferocious portrayal of abolitionist John Brown is the roaring engine of Showtime's rousing James McBride adaptation.

The California governor vetoed a bill that would have provided some of the 28,000 recently laid off Disney workers (and others) with additional COVID-19 work protections.

State interference in local policymaking prevents people of color, women, and low-income workers from making ends meet in the South

Overall, 661,000 jobs were added in the U.S. labor force between August and September — but women still left it at alarming numbers.

Michael Mann, one of the world’s preeminent climate experts, says averting a global climate catastrophe would be “essentially impossible” if Donald Trump is re-elected. There is no more important way for US citizens to exercise agency than to vote.

Kristin Urquiza’s father, Mark, died of COVID last June. Last month Urquiza wrote, “He was terrified of dying but he also felt betrayed” by President Trump and Arizona governor Doug Ducey. Now Urquiza fears Trump personally exposed her to the virus.

There is only one option for the left before the big showdown: Close ranks with the centrists and work harder than them to oust Trump, and hopefully flip the Senate. Numbers and unity needs to be the focus of our strategy, short and long-term.