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A Forgotten Chapter in the Working-Class Fight for Democratic Rights

More than two centuries after it was designed to empower southern white voters, the system continues to do just that.

There are a lot of unsolved mysteries in the Universe, but dark energy is the most confusing. Here’s why.

The DACA case involves some legal uncertainty. And while there are obvious differences between slavery and deportation, the way antebellum courts in free states thought about the security of their brown-skinned residents is instructive.

Democratic infighting over Medicare for All is unnecessary and dangerous. To criticize a plan that is in-depth and thoughtful, and addresses the very issues we need to address, and has the support of enormous numbers of Americans, is a big mistake.

Legislation introduced in the House by AOC, the Senate by Sanders, aims to turn federally-owned public housing properties into more functional communities, by building in healthier grocery stores, community gardens, and child care centers.

While many factors contributed to Bolivia’s current upheaval, the pattern of rightist revanchism, the role of oligarchic forces, external actors, and the military suggests we are witnessing a coup. And those resisting the coup are under great threat.

It's About More Than Fighting Abuse—It’s About Workplace Democracy

Moral thinking about debt has fluctuated throughout U.S. history. Today’s calls for cancellation suggest it may be poised for transformation once again.

The Alabama-based poet Ashley M. Jones has a thing or two to say about “redlining” (aka housing discrimination).