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Trump’s appeal in Miami and Brooklyn, and election reflections from Thomas Frank and Henry Giroux

While Democrats should definitely demand court expansion if they retake the White House and the Senate and hold the House, there is at least one additional step they should take —the impeachment of its most corrupt member, Clarence Thomas.

A plebiscite called in response to street protests in 2019 sees 78% of people back a new charter to replace one imposed by the military dictatorship of of General Augusto Pinochet.

Last month 14 military veterans completed the Communications Workers' first-ever Veterans for Social Change Training Institute, where the curriculum included skills useful in electoral campaigning.

Among the topics on the union’s agenda at NowThis are pay and fairness, but also near the top of the list are diversity concerns.

Sustainability is not just an action; it’s a mind-set; working with the earth as a steward; prioritizing both ingredients and labor.

If Trump stays in office by subverting the democratic process, the implications for unions are grave. A network of union leaders and activists have formed Labor Action to Defend Democracy to begin planning labor actions after November 3rd.

Voting is absolutely critical for democracy. But at the end of the day, stopping a coup attempt will depend on far more than the ballot, and will require creative and courageous acts of civic and political engagement from all of us.

For all women who have lost their jobs during this pandemic, Black women and Latinas who perform the bulk of essential work during lockdown, for all Black and Brown elders who have lost their lives, capitalism is their preexisting condition.

Despite the reservation’s Democratic tendencies and its struggles amid the pandemic, the president is trying to woo Navajo voters.