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The George Floyd murder is turning society inside out

"Our only hope for our collective liberation," writes Michelle Alexander, "is a politics of deep solidarity rooted in love."

Bias training, body cameras, community dialogues – Minneapolis has tried them all. We need a better response

In the wake of former UAW President Gary Jones pleading guilty last week to stealing more than $1 million, U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider is demanding 'serious action' on reform inside the United Auto Workers 'within a couple of months.' 

Too cozy with the hospital lobby and pharmaceutical industry, the Massachusetts congressman has failed constituents during the COVID crisis.

A system that pins health insurance to employment makes health care a commodity rather than a right. Such a system is a textbook example of “institutional racism”—a system that looks “neutral” but that produces and reproduces the racial inequalities

Loot the labor and very being of people of African descent. When they rise in response, resist, and give as little as possible. Then wait for things to “calm down” and take back as much as possible.

Despite the numerous international agreements barring the use of tear gas in war, number of restrictions on its use for domestic crowd control: 0.

A bag of fresh cherries can be a reminder and a call to action

“Most of all, I feel that I cannot be complicit in any way when I’ve seen so many examples of soldiers and police acting in bad faith,” he said via an encrypted text message.