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Only by understanding how Trump fits within our recent history will the left be able to figure out where we go from here. We are once again at a moment of consequential political realignment. Both major parties are deeply divided. We need to engage in shaping the newly emerging parties. The Democrats may or may not move left; they, like the Republicans, may split.

Claude McKay (1889-1948) was a Jamaican-born poet and novelist who became one of the central figures of the Harlem Renaissance, the 1920s upsurge of black culture that was a central feature of the jazz age. He was also a leading left wing intellectual of the era. This newly discovered novel is a literary and cultural milestone.

There’s no question that social and digital media are transforming the way movements are built and organized. But technology by itself has never overthrown a tyrant nor seized state power. Self-expression is a potent thing, but as a plan of action it’s just a start. Progress demands that the contemporary social media-based resistance overcome its fear and loathing of leadership, organization and ideology.

Today's feminism has the power to change not just politics, but the nation's economic landscape, too.

Presuming that calls for censorship and destruction constitute a legitimate response to perceived injustice leads us down a very dark path.

Despite working more every year, earnings gaps aren’t improving.

Juliette Kayyem cites sources saying that Michael Flynn, Donald Trump's former national security adviser, is now a potential witness for the FBI.

Approximately 200 Emergency Medical Technicians vote to unionize in Washington, D.C. They will be members of AFSCME District Council 20.

GOP smash puny humans; Big boys do SXSW; Martyr in Mexico; Hate speech hustle; CBS News cuts loose

Church World Service, a coalition of Christian denominations which helps refugees settle in the United States - and the number of new churches offering help has grown so quickly that the group has lost count. "The religious community, the religious left is getting out, hitting the streets, taking action, raising their voices," said Reverend Noel Anderson, its national grassroots coordinator.