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Legislation before the New York City Council would end Amazon’s subcontracting of delivery drivers. Jessica Schumer is the lead lobbyist against it.

The American Jewish establishment is in a bind. An organized community that cannot tolerate any dissent will lose its dissenting members, deepening its resistance to alternate views and making it less able to exert any influence outside the community

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The plant closure is a sad end to the high hopes of five years ago, when Daimler chose the Portland plant to make new electric versions of its Class 8 heavy truck and smaller box trucks.

Trump has shattered American power, and Beijing is picking up the pieces

Trump is “trying to scare people into thinking he has more power than he has,” said UCLA law professor Rick Hasen.

The Department of Homeland Security described the gloves as a “de-escalation device,” but critics have expressed alarm over equipping immigration agents with another tool that they say could actually escalate their use of force.

Francesca Hong’s defeat was a setback for the Left. But lost in discussions of the campaign’s shortcomings is how much she actually accomplished. Hong may have opened the door to a new era of politics for Wisconsin and the Left more broadly.

Dave Zirin traces the radical career of Howard Zinn, whose “A People’s History of the United States” has sold millions of copies.

After 50 years, some justice for Víctor Jara