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Last week my travels across the continent and among railroad track workers found me between Phoenix and East L.A.

There has been a sea change in the last few weeks, a deepening of the crisis of racial and cultural division in this country, instigated by the President of the United States.

Trump is the gasoline for this explosion of murder, while 8chan — and other ideological white nationalists — are merely the match.

The raids could discourage future complaints of worker abuse.

Who was really responsible for the Mexican debt crisis? Did Mexico start it?

Union leaders say that contract talks have changed little since Emanuel’s departure, with the Lightfoot administration continuing a “unilateral” approach.

True believers like Ailes or for that matter Steve Bannon or Tucker Carlson may be cynical and fundamentally financially motivated yet they are a foundational part of an emerging right wing international.

Sludge and Data for Progress analyzed the Democratic presidential candidates' donors by income, race, gender, age, and ideology.

The El Paso shooter wasn’t a “lone wolf.” His act of white supremacist terror is part of a century of racial violence targeting fronterizo communities.

New data reveal that counties with a history of voter discrimination have continued purging people from the rolls at elevated rates.