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The Filibuster Question: States’ Rights or Human Rights?

Harold Meyerson The American Prospect
Most Democrats, now looking forward to a Biden presidency and a narrow majority in the next Senate, realize that Republicans can block virtually all Democratic legislation by using the filibuster, and they therefore favor its abolition.

The U.S. of A(rms)

William Hartung TomDispatch
The Art of the Weapons Deal in the Age of Trump; or How to Stuff the Middle East With Weaponry

My Memories of Voter Suppression

Lawrence Wittner History News Network
Voter registration work in Louisiana was not only frustrating, but exceptionally dangerous.

Unions Predict a Great Awakening during a Biden Presidency

Megan Cassella Politico
Union leaders hope Biden will be able to enact policies to reinvigorate the labor movement, bringing in more members, money, and political influence while dramatically expanding collective bargaining rights and protections from workplace abuse.