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The Fair Share Amendment demonstrates how a straightforward and well-designed progressive tax policy that targets millionaires can achieve popular support and be easy to enforce. But even more important is how the revenues are spent.

The Painters Union has driven a bus through swing states trying to turn out union members for Kamala Harris. It hasn’t been the smoothest ride.

The battle before, during and after the election

Merging documentary with sci-fi, this new film narrates the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian city in 1948, and imagines what it would look like if the war never happened. So the Israeli government banned it from being screened.

In a private video training session, a top Pennsylvania Republican National Committee official reassured a new poll watcher that undocumented people could not possibly vote in the state.

Political Violence, Way Back When (1919), A Very Catchy Ditty (1949), Death With Dignity (1994), A Very Important Conference, I Think (1984), When Ernie Met Bert (1969), A Very Big Win for Militant Musicians (1944), Apartheid Must Go! (1974)

Josh Abate was by far not the only Marine — active or retired — who went into the Capitol that day. Some one-third of the 200 active and retired military participants arrested for their role in the Capitol attack were Marines.

Energy and political status are urgent issues for a Puerto Rico facing the compounding calamities of neoliberal austerity, climate catastrophes, and energy crisis.

Proposed language in the House Farm Bill would explicitly introduce political interests to and harm the integrity of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans—the foundation of school meal programs, SNAP, WIC, and other necessary nutrition programs.

Some unions are making huge efforts to talk to members about the stakes of the 2024 election. Rather than sit by while union members hear pro-Trump messages, unions like the UAW and UNITE HERE are taking leadership and engaging voters on the issues.