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America used to have the best medical research system in the world. Elon Musk and RFK Jr. are ripping it to shreds.

We need people in every state, county and town in this country to raise their hand and say they are prepared to run for city council, school board, mayor, state legislature, Congress and more.

The AFT’s higher education affiliates have been generating a flurry of activity: This fast-growing sector of our union has two brand-new affiliates, at Ohio University and Nevada State University

Democracy not rearmament

The pope wanted to be judged as a voice of moral clarity, speaking out for the marginalized. He made that clear in his fight with Trump and Vance over immigration.

When my toddler’s day care started turning parents away at the door due to staffing shortages, I learned it was owned by private equity — which maximizes enrollment to squeeze profit out of childcare and now owns eight of the 11 largest companies.

The mass firings were part of a broader effort by President Donald Trump, a Republican, and billionaire Elon Musk to drastically shrink the federal bureaucracy and slash government spending, which has invited a series of legal challenges.

Organizers team up with pro-democracy groups for flurry of actions to demand right to free, healthy lives

The United Auto Workers weren’t always in favor of tariffs; they earlier supported cross-border coordination to support better jobs and a peaceful future.

“Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks!”