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Turkey’s incursion into Syria has roiled the Middle East and NATO countries, demonstrating one key polarizing divide on both sides of the Mediterranean. As far as I can tell, that divide is between supporters of political Islam and its opponents.

At the debates, Sanders and Warren have stood shoulder to shoulder, defending Medicare for All from tepid centrists. The two are longtime political allies. It's time for their supporters to do the same, and not get baited into flame wars.

Trump is counting on his base to endorse his increasingly open law-breaking. It may not end well. His public appeal to China last week to help uncover dirt on the Biden family was both a brazen flouting of the law and an astute political tactic.

Portugal * Mexico * Swaziland * Greece * UK * Ecuador * Iraq * Colombia * Russia

This new book offers a history and analysis of the contributions of black workers to our society. It shows just how key a knowledge of black workers' history is to an understanding the working class's fortunes and history overall.

The picketing GM workers and impending Chicago Teachers Union action suggest a dramatic revival of striking as a tactic.

"Joe Kennedy thinks that with the backing of the establishment and the old guard of the Democratic Party that he can beat a progressive champion for justice. Let's show Kennedy that he's wrong."

Investment firms have created consolidated hospital empires across America, leading to closures, higher prices, and suffering.

Stockton is conducting a basic income experiment — and the early results are in.

At the top there’s corruption, down below there’s dismantling and disarray. Americans are entering a period of immense danger