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In the wake of neo-fascist coup attempts — and the ongoing threat they pose in the U.S. and Brazil — it’s worth revisiting historical analogies on how to challenge the fascist plague before it metastasizes, endangering people the world over.

The Framers would have never tolerated debt-limit brinkmanship. It’s time to put this terrible idea on trial.

Left out of GOP debates about “the weaponization” of the federal government is the use of the FBI to spy on civil rights leaders for most of the 20th century. Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the targets.

A pair of democratic socialists have formed the state’s first socialist caucus since the 1930s.

The 8-episode first season of Kindred forms an uneven, haunting adaptation of Octavia Butler’s classic.

Workers at Peet’s Coffee & Tea in California have announced that they’re filing for a union election. They’re not just inspired by their peers at Starbucks — they’ve been organizing with and learning directly from them.

Moderna’s expected 400% hike for its COVID vaccine sparked outrage on Capitol Hill.

Across the South, eight states — Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia — have near-total bans on abortion.

A case argued this week could give worker-phobic Republican justices a chance to force workers to stay on the job.

New Zealand’s experiences highlight that sectoral bargaining — in conjunction with worksite bargaining — is necessary to improve working conditions in today’s economy and thus should be part of policy efforts to strengthen unions.