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We must demand Congress prevent the Trump Administration from going to war with Iran. To that end, United for Peace & Justice has partnered with Veterans For Peace, a UFPJ member group.

Israel used “bunker buster” bombs made by a US arms company in two attacks on Gaza in which civilians were killed last month.

The battle over ideas (both in form and content, and as measured by PAC, party, and candidate spending) is breeding cynicism and driving down voter turnout.

Once we start mapping the brutality - always an organizing principle of capitalism - it will be difficult to stop.

A group of 186 distribution center workers at IKEA distribution centers in Joliet and Minooka, Illinois voted June 19 and 20 to join the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM).

Following months of negotiations, the crew of Netflix’s Bojack Horseman has won their battle to unionize the production.

Kansas Democrats are using ranked-choice voting for the 2020 primary election, hoping to increase voter participation and to create fairer voting systems.

The polling industry claims to offer live snapshots of what the public thinks. Yet the obsession with polls is reducing politics to market research.

What are some of the barriers to minority candidates running for/winning office?

The public pays taxes to support research; they should be able to access the results