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Last rites for lost rights?

When revolutionary Cuba asked its youth to eliminate illiteracy, 100,000 answered the call, reshaping their country and themselves in the process.

Sweden’s V-Dem Institute warns that the US is no longer a liberal democracy. And autocracy is creeping across Europe too.

Ruling on a lawsuit brought by several prominent medical organizations, a district court said the federal government had not based its decisions on science in limiting Covid shots and revising the childhood immunization schedule.

Epstein’s eugenicist views are in line with the longstanding genetic determinism of Trump. There is no bigger racist science believer than the current occupant in the White House.

Rhode Island U.S. District Court Judge Melissa DuBose ordered the VA to recognize the bargaining contract that represents roughly 300,000 VA employees.

The warning signs included a web search, a mother’s doubts, and inklings of a “sexist attitude”

The pioneering activist understood that freedom could only be won through solidarity across communities. Her legacy offers vital lessons at a time when progressive politics risks losing that shared purpose

Cheese is all about culture and history, and every country has a cheese that is theirs that they’ve been making since ancient times. People want to be in touch with their product and their mind … It’s getting back to basics.

When we look at the history of U-turns from democratic backsliding to democratic revival, the success rate is about 50% - a coin toss. But where there is active, vibrant union participation in civil resistance, the success rate climbs to over 80%.