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Israel is the main destabilizing force in the Middle East, and its attacks on Iran are being made possible by U.S. support. We bear special responsibility to work to end the bombing.

It’s not so much about ‘abundance’ as it is about how to reconnect with a justifiably angry working class.

Dress rehearsals for a showdown

It wasn’t just large, liberal cities but the heart of Trump country that formed the base of last Saturday’s “No Kings” protests. Together with his underwhelming military parade, they’re a warning of the softness of his support.

This is a "political purity tests for people who risked their lives for this country," wrote one veterans group.

Jim Crow’s Brutal Defenders (1965), Free At Last, Free At Last! (1865), ‘Her Power Shall Rest on the Strength of Her Freedoms’ (1960), Simpler Than, and Just as True as E = mc2 (1940), Happy Birthday, Industrial Workers of the World!

Unprecedented wealth concentration – and the unbridled power that comes with it – distorts our democracy and drives societal and economic tensions. The Five & Dime tax would would break up concentrated wealth and generate substantial new revenue.

Randi Weingarten, president of the AFT, and Lee Saunders, president of AFSCME, resigned their positions in the Democratic National Committee, suggesting the party is failing to expand their coalition.

David Arena relaunched Horn & Hardart a little over two years ago. His goal is to bring back not just the company but its values.

Hortman worked closely with Gov. Tim Walz to enact policies that prioritized children and expanded protections for abortion and gender-affirming care.