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The pomegranate shows a marked versatility in its cultural connotations and connections.

The Minnesota state senator won Minneapolis’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party endorsement for mayor—but the state-level party revoked it.

Starvation in the Midst of Plenty: Deadly Landlordism During the Potato Famine in Ireland

This is a betrayal of history’s fundamental purpose: to learn from the past. If we ever aspire to become one nation, the entirety of our past, including the enslavement of an estimated 10 million people, must be acknowledged as our shared history.

A Plan to Rebuild New York’s Labor Movement.

Trump has been an enabler of war, famine, disease and death

Every liberal justice on the Supreme Court issued a scathing dissent in the decision to let ICE resume its racial-profiling tactics.

In preparing to strike, United Teachers Los Angeles learned how to build broad backing for common-good goals and prepare for nonviolent action to achieve them — lessons that can be used in the fight against rising authoritarianism.

Let’s get one thing straight: the Green Bay Packers are the only socialist team in the NFL.

Dean Baker speaks with historian Dr. William P. Jones about his book "The March on Washington: Jobs, Freedom, and the Forgotten History of the Civil Rights Movement."