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Tom Mooney Reprieved (in 1918), Oil Embargo Layoffs (1973), Vaccine for Millions (1803), "Unrestrained, Indiscriminate Police Violence" (1968), Monroe Doctrine is Too Old (1823), NYC Says 'No' to Lynch Law (1933), Slavery's Enemies Organize (1833)

Pro-Palestine “Block the Boat” actions, where dockworkers block the transport of arms to Israel, have proliferated in recent years. Recalling actions against apartheid South Africa, they’re an effective way for labor to oppose Israel’s war on Gaza.

What was once a fringe legal theory now stands a real chance of being adopted by the Supreme Court.

A group of Google contractors have successfully voted to unionize. The decision classifies Google as a “joint employer” to staffing firm Accenture’s employees who work on Google’s content that includes Search and Bard.

Fargo's Season 5 reverses course to become the most contemporary “Fargo” entry to date, and thus the first to take place during the Trump administration.

The piece was nearing publication when the journal decided against publishing it. You can read the article here.

A federal appeals court decision is so outlandish that the Supreme Court will almost certainly reverse it.

In the throes of the Cold War, a tiny Caribbean island dared to wage a revolutionary experiment. As the Revo imploded, the United States invaded.

Lakota historian Nick Estes talks about the violent origins of Thanksgiving and his book Our History Is the Future. “This history … is a continuing history of genocide, of settler colonialism and, basically, the founding myths of this country,”