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Ordinary people are ready to save democracy

Amidst the storm

Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice is a shocking, innovative, and darkly comic film about the pressures of life under capitalism. It’s more proof that the Oldboy director is nothing less than a cinematic master.

The mayor’s response to the snowstorm has been described as an early test for his version of “common good” governance.

The US cites the ‘wisdom’ of historical immigration policy. But nation states in the Americas have spent more time with open borders than closed

Unions in Minnesota and across the country have spent the days after an immigration officer murdered Alex Pretti discussing how to escalate, including toward a national general strike

The union seeks 25% raises over four years and says Kaiser halted negotiations in December, halting talks both with a national coalition of labor groups representing workers at the healthcare system, as well as with local chapters, which hash out sch

Alex Pretti’s murder is giving even Trump supporters pause. Democrats should refuse to give ICE one more cent, shut down the government, and fly to Minneapolis to help communities there stand up to state violence.

This is the first in depth, book-length portrait of the well-known far right wing media personality.

Za’atar’s cultivation, funded by the Israeli government, attempts to use the herb to control the movements of the Palestinian population and the plant itself. The herb shapes, narrates, and anchors identity and political dynamics of the region.