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Aleksandr Lukashenko built his dictatorship by destroying trade unions but workers are fighting back, striking and protesting along with the growing democracy movement. The new Belarus is resisting, and is asking for international support.

Arizona public school district forced to abandon plans after more than 100 teachers and staff members called in sick

The Mexican actor and director Diego Luna has persuaded experts to join him on a new TV show to talk, eat and, hopefully, examine their own beliefs and prejudices

Among the most brutal realities for Palestinians is loss of support from Arab states, who pay lip service to their own populations, while drawing closer to Israel with economic interests and Iran in mind.

US billionaires’ wealth is soaring while millions remain unemployed, creating a country with two economies and increased inequality

How the race to develop treatments and a vaccine will create a historic windfall for the industry — and everyone else will pay the price.

Political interference in the U.S. Postal Service isn't new, according to Winifred Gallagher, the author of How the Post Office Created America.

Greenland’s ice sheet may have shrunk past the point of return, with the ice likely to melt away no matter how quickly the world reduces climate-warming emissions, new research suggests.

US media has a history of supporting right-wing coups and not much seems to be changing. That media narratives remain unchanged even after acknowledgment of new evidence indicates it is official dogma, not reality, that sets the tone for coverage.

RootsAction.org is asking swing state progressives to bite the bullet and support the Democratic nominee whose record they've described as abysmal. Their message: “vote Trump out —and then challenge Biden” after November.