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Some 25 states have already enacted or are considering laws to ban teaching what they call “critical race theory” (“CRT”) in public schools, a concept that school officials around the country deny they even teach.

Scientists are not as surprised by the disaster, for numerous reasons. While none of them is necessarily the sole cause of the condo collapse, any one or a combination of them might be implicated in whatever other causes are eventually found.

The Supreme Court decision gutting what’s left of VRA shows how desperately For the People Act & John Lewis Voting Rights Act needed.

New horizons in urban organizing for democratic power

The Municipal Labor Committee, which bargains for health care for city unions, has been engaging in backdoor negotiations with the city, resulting in a proposal to switch nearly a quarter-million people from Medicare to privately administered plans.

This new book explores the coalition aspect of King's politics, through which he pursued his broader vision of social and economic equality.

Economists are grappling with how much to blame bias or a changing economy for the widening wage gap over the last 40 years.

Homicides were up across the US in 2020 and appeared to be primarily driven by rising gun violence, but other crimes fell

Mexico's midterm elections reflected left-wing president AMLO's high personal approval ratings — but also brought setbacks for his Morena party. For enduring social change, Morena has to build a member-led organization rooted in local communities.

Massive new projects have had significant benefits, but, in many cases, they have also divided existing communities, often in ways that exacerbated racial and class inequities.