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Culture wars turning from cold to hot

“If a man has a little fight with the wife, they say this was a crime, see? So now I can’t claim 100 percent [reduction in crime],” the president said Monday.

The Democratic rank and file is much more aligned with Bernie, AOC, and Zohran than it is with Chuck and Hakeem.

The flotilla sails as a lawful act of civil society, seeking to challenge Israel's blockade of Gaza and deliver essential humanitarian aid to a starving population

A new book by Danish MP Pelle Dragsted argues that socialists can start building economic democracy even before capitalism is fully overcome.

Growing divide across US as membership increasing – and wages higher – in states that protect workers’ rights.

“Deploying the National Guard to engage in law enforcement is not only unnecessary and unwanted, but it is also dangerous and harmful to the District and its residents. It’s D.C. today but could be any other city tomorrow."

The pomegranate shows a marked versatility in its cultural connotations and connections.

The Minnesota state senator won Minneapolis’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party endorsement for mayor—but the state-level party revoked it.

Starvation in the Midst of Plenty: Deadly Landlordism During the Potato Famine in Ireland