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“I hope Amherst’s resolution kicks off a wave of similar resolutions in cities and towns across the state,” said the measure’s lead sponsor.

As sympathy for Palestinians grows among Democratic voters, party leaders wrestle with what comes next

No matter how you slice the demographics, aside from Democratic and Republican Party operatives, a new working-class political party independent of the Democrats and Republicans is really popular.

The president was already doubling the budget deficit. With the high court’s tariff decision, he’s tripling it. There’s only one solution: Repeal his “big, beautiful” tax cut.

A Q&A with two founders of the 51st, a worker-led nonprofit newsroom launched after the closure of the beloved local outlet DCist.

Solidarity melts ICE

Trump’s efforts to remove Black people from America’s story have been countered by scholars, activists, judges—and history itself.

London and Washington were right about the Russian invasion, but failed to persuade European powers. They underestimated Ukrainian resistance and overestimated Russian power, just as Putin had. Four years later, the war continues.

Bravely Standing Up to Nazis for What’s Right (1941), Attack on Wage Slavery Gets Rid of Tainted Meat (1906), First Step Toward a Massive Victory (1976), Expressing Unpopular Views Is Not Criminal (1961), ‘Serfdom Is a Keg of Gunpowder’ (1861)

If the labor movement hopes to survive, it must find ways to organize in the private sector at scale. The UAW’s national push to organize higher ed, and its recent union drives at Volkswagen and Mercedes, offer potential guidance on the way forward.