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Trump continues a long history in the U.S. of local, state and national political leaders encouraging white supremacist groups to challenge or overthrow democratic governments.

Over 10,000 CTU members have pledged their opposition to the reopening plan put forward by the mayor and Chicago Public Schools (CPS), citing serious concerns over safety and transparency.

A South African tip led to the discovery of mutations around the world. With infections skyrocketing, “it’s a race against time.”

The most radical Nazis were the most aggressive champions of U.S. law. Where they found the U.S. example lacking, it was because they thought it was too harsh.

Or Let the Markets Go Wild While the People Go Down

The Philippines has long relied on the remittances of its more than 2 million Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), without concerning itself with their reintegration. Now COVID-19 has exposed the deep-seated cracks in its labor export-based economy.

As he prepared to march through Kenosha, Justin Blake had his own message: “We do not want you to leave here not fully understanding that the Blake family, one day, will get justice.”

New Mexico’s reliance on oil and gas makes it extremely vulnerable to the industry’s boom and bust cycle, and has not led to good outcomes in education and social welfare. Now some of New Mexico’s leading economists say it’s time to change course.

We are at a turning point. Despite Trump’s defeat, internationally the forces of the right promote rampant free-market economics, racism and militarism to protect a failed status quo. This year we need to promote the alternative.

It was a story he had chosen not to tell — until 2015, when he sat for a four-hour interview, promised that this account would not be published while he was alive.