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Braving guns and threats, smoke and a pandemic, hotel and restaurant union workers are rallying voters in Arizona. And they are finding a surprising number of people want to talk about an election they see as the most important of their lifetime.

Republican-appointed appellate judges continue to overturn rulings to make mail-in voting easier. Some federal judges have ruled in favor of voters, but the two appellate courts that hear cases from the Deep South have overturned those decisions.

Unlike many people incarcerated in state and federal prisons legally ineligible to vote, moat in local jails -- detained pretrial or held on misdemeanor charges -- are legally eligible to vote, but are unable to do so,

Li Andersson, Chair of the Finnish Left Alliance, and Minister of Education, has promoted polices to invest in teacher training and reduce differences between schools, improve public health, increase parental leave.

Kim Stanley Robinson is the author of more than twenty books, including New York 2140. He talked to Jacobin about his latest work, his vision of socialism, and why we must fight to imagine the end of capitalism rather than the end of the world.

“It’s not about conservatives or liberals,” Wood said. “It’s more about defending our democratic process.”

In the morbid world of coronavirus, Colorado-based poet Camille T. Dungy finds spontaneous happiness in a familiar song and dance.

The “cancel culture” debate never focuses on at-will employment, which allows most American workers to be “canceled” at the drop of a hat — even those teaching in higher education.

Saving lives is, not surprisingly, a real vote-winner.