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Is there a democratic road to socialism? And if so, what does it mean for socialists today?

Worsening economic inequality in recent years is largely the result of policy choices that reflect the political influence and lobbying power of the rich. There is now a self-reinforcing pattern of high profits, low investment, and rising inequality

A new Brennan Center report details vast racial and gender disparities on state supreme courts around the country.

Any candidate who wants to appeal to voters on labor issues has to propose bold solutions to even be noticed, standing next to Sanders and Warren.

We cannot be certain, despite what many have contended, that the Universe began from a singularity. We can, however, break the illustration you see into the different eras based on properties the Universe had at those particular times.

What in 2019 is the equivalent of the nuclear standoff between the Americans and the Russians? It is race and the police, speculates Damon Lindelof, Executive Producer of HBO's Watchmen.

Last November when Alex Villanueva became Los Angeles County’s 33rd Sheriff, he did so with the widespread support of police and prison reformers. This week Los Angeles Magazine termed Villanueva “the Donald Trump of Los Angeles law enforcement”.

Sheriffs’ Departments are rife with scandal. And Sheriffs know the feds are often the only ones who can stop the abuse, which is why so many California sheriffs prioritize the immigration-related whims of federal authorities over fealty to state law.

EVA used gender stereotypes to depict striking flight attendants as spoiled “princesses.” This depiction is based on the idea that the profession has high pay and that flight attendants lead glamorous lives of international travel.

They hang the man and flog the woman That steal the goose from off the common, But let the greater villain loose That steals the common from the goose. —English folk poem, circa 1764