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Even as Trump brags about how much he loves the working class, his greed tells another story.

Guilford County, like North Carolina as a whole, set an all-time record for the number of ballots cast during early voting despite GOP efforts for suppress voter turnout.

Missouri voters are poised to reduce the influence of money on their state's political system.

The response to growing economic inequality must start with mass resistance within every country and maximum solidarity among all workers and peasants, in rich and poor countries alike. The details of such struggles have to be worked out in each place. The key is solidarity among all workers and peasants, within and between the states of the world.

'A certain group' appears to be turning out in big numbers in several key states.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that in 2014, the most recent year for which data is available, the suicide rate for children ages 10 to 14 had caught up to their death rate for traffic accidents. The number is an extreme data point in an accumulating body of evidence that young adolescents are suffering from a range of health problems associated with the country’s rapidly changing culture.

According to a new study by a group of academic institutions and environmental non-governmental organizations, leaving forests in communal hands cuts carbon emissions, helps local communities and offers long-term economic benefits. The November 1st report says the expansion of tribal land rights is the most cost-effective way to protect forests and sequester carbon and urges national governments to ensure indigenous communities a central role in climate policies.

The use of connected gadgets to bring down parts of the Web is a wake-up call for the Internet of Things, which will get a whole lot bigger this holiday season

One of the biggest reasons is likely the decision of 17 counties to adopt early voting plans, approved by the Republican-led state election board, that reduced early voting hours and locations, especially in the first week of early voting. Looking at the first week of early voting data, the research group Insightus noted the correlation of counties with reduced early voting options and lower African-American turnout.