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Even though the shutdown is over, the GOP’s signature tax and spending law is poised to kick people off the nation’s largest anti-hunger program.

The president saw defeat and ran. But that doesn’t mean the fight over releasing the files is over.

Don’t Mourn, Organize! (1915), There Is an Importatnt Lesson in the Anti-Racist Organizing of 1835, Women Rise Up Angry Against Police Sexism (1980), Judge Slams Homophobic Police (1955), Deadly Brutality Backfires (1960)

The intertwined relationship between liberalism and socialism offers important lessons for today’s fractious intra-left fights.

The backlash narrative ignores basic facts of the case.

As Francisco Franco’s reputation grows on the far right, a new history of his regime reminds us of its unrelenting violence.

Pass the Potatoes, Hold the Panic

Jackson handled the case as should be done on the emergency docket. Justices, she said, should deal with the requests "quickly, as transparently as possible, and for logistical reasons, not…make what amount to significant substantive decisions"

It’s up to us to stand up to the fossil fuel industry, to political leaders who are obstructing progress, and understand what’s at stake now for people around the world, and for all of these precious ecosystems that are threatened by climate change.

"I ask no mercy and I plead for no immunity. I never so clearly comprehended as now the great struggle between the powers of greed and exploitation on the one hand and upon the other the rising hosts of industrial freedom and social justice.”