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How the National Security State Has Come to Dominate a "Civilian" Government

I’ve seen how powerful talking to a voter face to face can be and how important it is to reach out to people in person. I worry that too many of us think a campaign can be won on advertising and the power of a sound political platform alone.

“I don’t know at what point people will simply listen to abortion advocates because we’ve been the victim of this violence for decades,” Close said.

In short, ending the Muslim ban should begin a bigger process of healing the harms this long-term dehumanization has caused.

On Valentine’s Day, New Yorkers will be allowed to eat inside restaurants again. We shouldn’t.

In Alabama, unions gather to support workers seeking union recognition from the Earth’s largest non-union company.

The Chicago Teachers Union released the following statement today regarding the passing of President Emerita Karen GJ Lewis.

National Labor Relations Board denies Amazon bid to delay election and says vote can be conducted by mail

Warrior explores America’s racial history and its intersection with the immigrant experience—it shows how, in a nation of immigrants, nonwhite people are seldom considered “American” by their white peers.

"We're going to look back 50 years from now, and that electric chair and that lethal injection table, they're going be sitting in a museum," predicted Sen. Scott A. Surovell.