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A middle class is not a normal thing, and if a country wants one it must be created by direct government intervention in the marketplace…

Elections are fundamentally about choosing coalitions, not just casting votes. While coalitions require compromise, the key is to make strategic concessions without abandoning core principles.

A Successful Experiment (1959), Boycotts Can Work (1959), Hospital Workers Win Big (1969), Malcolm X’s Last Stand (1964), Brilliance Gets Shafted (1954), Throwing Shade on Racism (1989), Hit the Road, Dictator (1944), Nazis Deadly Discipline (1934)

The world is drowning in plastic. Experts say we need to stop making so much. But the plastics industry peddling a "solution" that works like magic. Don't be fooled.

Even before Douglass arrived in Ireland in 1845, he was aware of the rich tradition of Irish men and women involved in the transatlantic movement to bring an end to the U.S. system of enslavement.

Virginia is seeing a significant and remarkable expansion of its small but wily labor movement. In a labor movement urgently in need of new union organizing experimentation it would certainly be of value to consider the situation in Virginia.

The show’s first queer storylines have been met with backlash, homophobia, and misogynoir.

When the trickle-down theory first took off in the 1980s, the argument was that tax cuts lift all boats. After 50 years, no one can continue to make this claim—yet they still do.

Israel’s nuclear program is its worst-kept secret. It was made possible through the support of Western nations like France and has thrived due to a cynical attitude toward nonproliferation that has made the world more dangerous.

The science of epigenetics suggests we can pass on trauma – but trust and compassion too