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Can Biden Achieve Progress Where It Matters While Avoiding a New Cold (or Hot) War?

“Rent strikers and people at risk of losing their shelter are doing all they can to stop the violence of evictions and promote a vision of collective and community ownership of housing for everyone.”

Julian Assange’s extradition to the US has been blocked, but he still faces the injustice of years in prison in the UK. While world leaders remain quiet, AMLO stands alone in speaking for freedom of speech — and has offered Assange asylum in Mexico.

Georgia. MAGA insurrection. Impeachment. Conviction? Two different futures, an inclusive multiracial democracy or a fascist-like autocracy -- are colliding right now. This is about what we, and you, can do to determine which future will win.

Hmong farmers represent more than 50 percent of produce growers in Saint Paul and Minneapolis farmers markets but affordable land access has prevented them from further developing their businesses into more sustainable, profitable operations.

Karesha Manns is a McDonald's worker in Memphis, Tennessee, in the city where Dr. King was fighting for a living wage when he was assassinated. She makes just $10 an hour; nowhere near enough to cover basic necessities.

Unions that adopt a Bargaining for the COmmon Good framework incorporate community demands alongside their workplace demands in contract bargaining.

The problem with Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit isn’t that Beth is too pretty. It’s how the show handles her prettiness.

The Wilmington coup, when white supremacists overthrew the city’s legitimately elected bi-racial government, could not have happened without the involvement of white news media. The same is true of the Capitol siege on Jan. 6, 2021.

"Do Senate Democrats want to keep the filibuster or do they want to pass comprehensive democracy, anti-corruption, and voting rights legislation to realize the promise of a multi-racial democracy?"