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The Democratic Party didn’t choose Milwaukee for its 2020 convention because of its radical past. But the city’s history shows how socialism worked in the United States—and could work again.

In these critical times, remembering what one of last century's most courageous journalists taught us

Remind them that many of the most popular US programs were once called “socialist.”

Nine new representatives will boost Congress’ African American membership to a record-high of at least 55.

Ten years after his death, Terkel’s voice is still a vivid part of our shared experience.

An unsung shero of the early 20th century, Rose Schneiderman organized women to fight for laws to protect them from sexual harassment and assault in the workplace.

ACORN and the Firestorm reminds us that America’s current polarization wasn’t inevitable. It was manufactured, a product of the web of big business, conservative media entrepreneurs, and right-wing politicians and helped set the stage for Trump . . .

Regardless of his motives, Kennedy will be responsible for allowing Trump to name a replacement who, along with the other right-wingers on the court, will further erode American democracy.

The great scientist was a radical egalitarian—but subject nonetheless to some of the biases of his time.

Taking a knee is in the best American tradition of protest.