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Poet and scholar Philip C. Kolin offers a succinct overview of the meanings and mis-understandings of the term “Voting Rights.”

California’s undocumented residents contribute nearly $8.5 billion in taxes, playing a crucial role in supporting public services while remaining excluded from essential programs.

Over 800 people have been detained at protests calling for the release of the hostages since the October 7 attack, with some spending hours or days in detention. Five of the arrestees detail their treatment at the hands of the police...

A lot of households are not democracies-they’re dictatorships. This may mean voter intimidation and suppression. Lots of memes, tweets, posts and videos are popping up, assuring women they can keep their votes secret from their husbands or boyfriends

This isn’t a normal election. My community has been deeply traumatized by the genocide in Gaza and now the devastating war on Lebanon...Explain how punishing Vice-President Harris and enabling Donald Trump to become president will end the genocide...

Reader Comments: Donald Trump - We Reject You!; Israelis, Calling for Global Pressure on Israel To Force Immediate Ceasefire; Barbara Dane; Remembering Gustavo Gutierrez; Voter Intimidation and Election Worker Intimidation Resource Guide; more...

Founded in 1964, the CAIMAW was a militant trade union, committed to international solidarity, that pushed the Canadian labour movement into progressive places …. even if that progress came at the cost of significant animosity.

Life-changing choices we may be forced to make if Donald Trump wins

Today's autocracies range “from theocracies to monarchies, that operate more like companies,” united by “a laser-focus on preserving their wealth, repressing their people and maintaining power at all costs."

They have big plans to implement “massive” changes to the entire U.S. food, drug, and health care system—from killing ObamaCare and all its protections, to handing over control of all health, food, and drug policies and agencies to conspiracy theori