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What Chavez did to young women has a lot to do with the power of men, and the system of male supremacy embedded in our labor movement and society. We have to confront this directly, and not assume that being able to vote for leaders will care of it.

Day of action to support workers set for 1 May – who is organizing May Day Strong, and how can people join?

Artificial intelligence has a history of making poor regulatory decisions with disastrous effects on people’s lives. Newly released documents show the Trump administration sought to deploy a powerful AI tool to accelerate its deregulation spree.

How the MAGA Crusade Against Critical Race Theory has Become a Movement Against Knowledge Itself

“Taking on violent hate and extremist groups is among the most dangerous work there is, and we believe it is also among the most important work we do,” replied SPLC

This study of the life and work of a leading exponent in Europe of freely improvised jazz, writes reviewer Shukaitis, argues that its subject's music "must be understood through the prism of revolutionary politics."

Rocks and hard places

The disgraced Lori Chavez-DeRemer is what you get when you have a president and White House staff who don’t give a rat’s ass about whom they appoint to positions of power except for their loyalty to Trump and how they look on television.

In his new book, Omer Bartov tracks how a liberatory strand of Zionism transformed into an extremist ideology that he sees as responsible for genocide in Gaza

During the Reagan administration, John Roberts was known for denouncing judicial overreach. Today he has adopted an assertive use of judicial power, using the Supreme Court’s shadow docket to fast-track corporate wins on climate and federal policy.