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Before he became a symbol in the fight for racial justice, friends say Floyd was a ‘gentle giant’ who sought a fresh start

"The government's increasingly brutal counter-insurgency campaign... no longer makes any distinction between armed rebels and non-combatant activists, labor leaders, and rights defenders."

The social media harassment of Kelly Marie Tran was abominable, but it’s not fair to say that racism is baked into the epic franchise’s core

It's taken almost 90 years - but Disney's first South East Asian heroine premiered on Thursday. This begs the question - what exactly is a South East Asian identity and can Disney's latest heroine really embody it?

Why media ignore Africa, how Cuomo kept his image up, and more reports

“Every single metric of voter access that has been a good in Georgia is now under attack,” says Stacey Abrams.

An organized working class in America is the best hope for defeating an increasingly militant far right

The Biden Administration has two stated goals: first, they want to reenter the 2015 nuclear deal. Second, they want to resist Iranian influence in the Middle East, which they consider singularly malevolent. This second goal is rarely questioned.

His comments came ahead of a House vote on the PRO Act, which aims to protect the rights of workers to unionize and collectively bargain for better pay, benefits, and working conditions

President Biden's statement on Tuesday urging the U.S. House of Representatives to approve the Protecting the Right to Organize Act follows his earlier support for workers who want to organize an Amazon warehouse in Alabama.