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Aggressively anti-Palestinian appointees, who tend to describe all campus protesters as Hamas supporters, will soon steer both foreign and domestic policy, creating a Trump administration united in seeking a crackdown on the pro-Palestinian movement.

The rich are growing astronomically richer while poverty reduction has ground to a standstill. In today’s world of widespread poverty and unprecedented wealth, how about raising the wages of the most poorly-paid workers?

Your stock portfolio may grow. But say goodbye to next year’s raise—and maybe even your job. Donald Trump’s election provides a useful occasion to examine the difference between what rich people want and what constitutes a thriving economy.

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Cold War anti-communism directly contributed to US labor’s decline in the latter half of the 20th century. That is a betrayal, at home and abroad, of the interests of the working class they were elected to represent.

Reverend's Christmas sermon titled "Christ is Still in the Rubble" given while Christmas celebrations were canceled in the West Bank and the city of Bethlehem, Jesus Christ’s birthplace, for the second year in a row.

Outgoing Rep. Cori Bush gets candid about her time in Congress and how progressives should respond to 2024.

If floundering leaders and ineffectual democracies are the new norm, we’re in a very dangerous time.

New research suggests that the company makes the communities it operates in poorer—even taking into account its famous low prices.

Reviewer Briody calls this book "a tightly written and well-reported account of the rise of extremism in small-town America."