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By emphasizing scientific uncertainty above other values, political appointees can block any regulatory action they want to.

How does an antifascism movement halt and reverse the expansion of Trumpism? Perhaps the U.S. antiwar movement of 1965-75 offers some clues. After all, it caused two elected presidents to give up the presidency.

Pass the torch in remembrance, Brothers and Sisters, In memory, and In might! For every soul who dared say, no! So we could one day say yes to fair wages, Say yes to dignity!

Baltimore has fought violent crime not only through policing but through programs that provide support for housing, career development, and education. These approaches are derided as "woke." A better word to describe its holistic strategy: effective.

Trump closes out the second quarter of his second term in office having accomplished much of what he said he would do if elected. Yet, outside of his Republican base, relatively few Americans are pleased with his performance.

An Alternative to Degrowth and ‘Luxury’ Communism

The Trump administration is attacking jobs and wages in the building trades, as well as the rights of immigrant workers. Building trades unions have been divided over whether to try to curry favor with the president or confront the attacks head-on.

California poet Patrick Daly reflects on the reach, and limits, of the imagination, where nature, art and politics intertwine in often disturbing ways.

The administration is planning to overhaul dozens of rules that protect workers from exploitation and wage theft.