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The workers laboring outside in this extraordinary heat are on the front lines of the climate crisis.

The Pulitzer-prize winning poet Stephen Dunn died last week on his 82nd birthday. This poem reminds us that if life isn’t fair, there’s still kindness, even love.

“I don’t think in a social revolution you can always retain support of the moderates.”

Poultry Workers Facing Down National Right-Wing Anti-Union Group and Trump Megadonor

Trump’s defense of Confederate culture is not only a defense of racism, but also of other Old South born attitudes towards women, guns, abortion, evangelical Christianity, paramilitary policing, crime and punishment, and the role of government.

As Covid-19 interrupts mass mobilizations in Chile, women are creating political tapestries to resist state violence and inequalities. Making arpilleras is a form of resistance associated with the dictatorship era that is again flourishing.

China’s leaders believe the only purpose of nuclear weapons is to allay the fear of a nuclear attack. But they are worried. The US has refused to rule out a nuclear first strike, and they’re dealing with a hostile and very impulsive US president.

The anger, pain, and determination of the Black community, the Latinx community, and all people of goodwill cannot be denied. There will be other votes and our movement is on the case. Victory is closer every day. No Police in the LAUSD Schools Now.