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Community organizer Fred Ross Sr was a key figure in progressive activism during the 20th century. He started in the 1930s farmworker camps that inspired John Steinbeck’s novels and went on to pioneer methodical tactics that transformed American orga

A new study reveals some of the crucial molecular steps on the path to bipedalism.

Gerrymandering in red states is predicated on Republicans holding Trump’s support in 2024, particularly from Latinos. That could be a bad bet.

Argentine junta benefited from cooperation with right-wing Israeli governments. Unlike Hamas, it continued to benefit from those governments in the form of weapons/training, even after it was known that these weapons were being used to murder Jews.

Secretary Kennedy is putting Americans’ lives in danger, and he must resign.

Trump's threat of 200 percent tariff on Chinese imports shows a fundamental misunderstanding of trade.

"Working people want unions and the numbers prove it," says one labor leader. "While billionaires and their yes-men in Congress try to slash wages, gut health care, and silence working people, we are fighting back.

The outcome of the election will ultimately hinge on the 41 challenged ballots. The union called those ballots “illegitimate,” and called on Ford to “drop their anti-democratic effort to undermine the outcome of the election.”

Oregon is on the verge of enacting a single-payer health care plan, but continued organizing is needed to secure this historic victory.

People are hungry for truth telling, but truth telling has a smaller audience because it’s not within people’s realm of comfort or familiarity. That’s how the Right came to dominate, by continuously telling their story. They didn't water it down.