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Faiz Shakir launched a last-minute bid for DNC chair and wants to mold it in to a working class, inclusive organization

We won progressive taxes in our state by showing people just how unjust our tax code was. Other states can follow.

Donald Trump’s belligerence toward Latin American leaders raises the prospect of a more concerted regional resistance, one its popular left bloc is well positioned to lead.

Organizations that provide vital care for desperate and vulnerable people around the world have been forced to halt operations, turn away patients and lay off staff. “I’ve never seen anything that scares me as much as this,” one doctor said.

The Workers’ Bill of Rights—supported by more than 80% of voters—is the latest tool to reduce labor exploitation.

Anishinaabe poet Kimberly Blaeser affirms her fealty to tradition as well as to the resistance to colonizers at the core of indigenous communities.

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Trump’s promise of widespread deportations won’t happen without defining a wave of new ‘illegals’ into existence. Immigration detention has become a $3 billion industry fusing for-profit prisons with immigration policies built to “secure” the border.

As many as 200,000 federal employees with weaker civil service protections could be let go. But they are supposed to only be fired for poor performance. FAA director Mike Whitaker resigned, effective January 20.

If America’s leaders prioritized the lives of all those who live between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, it would become clear that asking if Israel has a right to exist is the wrong question.