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“If you want people to do the right thing you have to make it easy, and we’ve made it hard.”

The corporate media never challenge the underlying and pernicious myth that anti-racist struggle is a zero-sum game in which the oppressed gain at the expense of other non-elite sectors of the population.

Wednesday’s victory is the result of five years of mass protest marches by Argentina’s grassroots women’s movement, which began as a Twitter campaign against gender violence.

Pixar's 'Soul' is a story about Black life that questions the meaning of all life on Earth

Reports from the world of tech and mass media, closing out the year from hell

"It would be unconscionable, especially after the House did the right thing, for the Senate to simply leave Washington without voting on this."

The danger of a fascist-like regime consolidating its power has been averted. For now. But make no mistake: The issue of whether we will move forward or be dragged into an abyss has been postponed, not decided. Please help - Portside's annual appeal

These stories ask the hard questions, directly call out root causes, and remind us that we all have a role to play in creating a more just, sustainable, and compassionate world.

Unions should be holding more political discussions with their members—and listening closely to their needs

Progressive Democrats in Rhode Island won victories that could transform the state’s politics.