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The president made a jaw-dropping confession when asked about the impacts of the Iran war.

“The politicians attacking voting rights today are clinging to a shrinking vision of America rooted in fear, exclusion, and minority rule.”

Rejecting surveillance capitalism means insisting, clearly and unapologetically, that markets should serve the people — not the other way around, writes NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection Commissioner Sam Levine.

Secret new assessments say Iran has operational access to 30 of its 33 missile sites along the Strait of Hormuz, suggesting that its military remains far stronger than President Trump has asserted.

A. J. A. Woods’s new book explores how the Right’s obsession with Cultural Marxism emerged from the backlash against the 1960s.

American Library Association staff are voting this month to form a union.

Opposing all forms of imperialism

Trump said, “We will be taking it (Cuba) over almost immediately.” In response, the Cuba President said, “No aggressor, no matter how powerful will find surrender in Cuba.”

“Mifepristone is safe and effective, and women should be able to get abortion medication through the mail or telehealth if they need,” said Sen. Patty Murray.

While ​local lawmakers obsess over how to keep Democrats in majority-Black districts from governing, their state is literally shrinking.