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“It’s unity. It’s solidarity. It’s strength in each other,” Powell said. “You’re going to see the unions fighting. We stand for what’s right.”

Readers Comments: Unhinged at UN; Jimmy Kimmel, Suing the Media, Attack on Free Speech; Recognition of Palestine Is a Big Deal; Take Action: Public Health Workers End Genocide in Gaza; Pressure on Sinclair and Nextstar; Pass a Millionaires’ Surtax;

Jimmy Kimmel returned to his late night show Tuesday after his suspension amid pressure from the FCC and the Trump administration, and counter pressure against Disney and ABC-TV and a massive consumer boycott over denial of free speech in the country

Science has not failed. We have developed reliable early detection methods, expanded special education and improved behavioral and medical therapies. To think otherwise reveals a deep and willful ignorance of the history of autism and complexity.

"Burying the truth of the Confederacy, rewriting its aims and ideas, and ignoring its animating words allowed for the terrorization of the Black population...and the destruction of democracy."...are ignoring and sanitizing Charlie Kirk's legacy.

Israeli Knesset member Aida Touma-Suleiman argues that in order for the growing recognition of the state of Palestine to be meaningful, it must be accompanied by sanctions for Israel’s permanent illegal occupation.

The battle cry of democracy is heard far and wide

In Berkeley, New York, Paris, and Vatican City, it’s become central to political battles—and religious concerns.

Rightwingers had long complained of a censorious leftwing ‘cancel culture’ but seem happy to now reframe that as ‘consequence culture’

What does democratic socialism mean to Omar Fateh, Minneapolis mayoral candidate? “It’s pretty clear cut: you want to take care of everyone.”