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The only way to overcome such entrenched opposition, the group argues, is by continuing to organize and mobilize at the grassroots.

The working class was supposed to have been edged out of active politics, but instead France’s elites have been frightened into making concessions by this winter’s uprising of the yellow vests.

The furor over Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s yearbook photo has America once again asking the wrong questions about racism.

Recent graduates face enough difficulty trying to find employment and pay off their large student debt. Imagine doing it with a criminal record and trying to find the money to pay for legal fees.

Community ownership of power is the most promising path toward equity, democracy and renewable energy.

“I tell the people,” Maduro said, “this presidential sash is yours. The power of this sash is yours. It does not belong to the oligarchy or to imperialism. It belongs to the sovereign people of Venezuela.”

Currently, there are 20 states poised to outlaw abortion if given the opportunity, which would impact more than 25 million women of child-bearing age — and disproportionately poor and minority women.

Lopez Obrador made clear that he is not only initiating a new government, but also a change in the politics of the regime itself. His changes will be peaceful and orderly, yet at the same time, radical and profound...

From north to south, east to west, children around the world are suffering, increasingly unsafe, and preyed upon in ever larger numbers...They are increasingly fodder for weapons of war.