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For more than 120 years, the US has colonized Puerto Rico. But a new bill cosponsored by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez would finally give Puerto Ricans the chance to decide their political relationship with the United States.

“Unlike any other state in America, this legislation is intentional about equity.... Equity is not a second thought; it’s the first one and it needs to be, because the people who paid the price for this war on drugs have lost so much.”

Despite warnings, American and European officials gave up leverage that could have guaranteed access for billions of people. That risks prolonging the pandemic.

Many Millennials who become unchurched cite discomfort with the prejudice and discrimination against LGBTQ persons in churches. Another factor is the Republican Party’s alliance with the evangelical movement.

United Steelworkers members claim Allegheny Technologies Incorporated is refusing to provide essential bargaining information.

The late poet Lee Sharkey illuminates varieties of theft—“The CEO,” “The tyrant,” “the thief of memory.”

García rejects the assessment, made by centrist Democrats like Abigail Spanberger (Va.) and Cheri Bustos (Ill.), that bold progressive stances (such as defunding the police and cozying up with socialism) cost Democratic seats in 2020.

How a new investigation into a 1951 spy trial exposed long-running injustices committed in the name of US security. The Rosenbergs’ story is as relevant to our times as it was 70 years ago.

The strike was mainly motivated to force the company to act to improve the general working conditions of the subcontractors. But the whole workforce’s conditions are at the core of the struggle.