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In recent memory, the prospect of a president preventing congressional elections from taking effect has been unimaginable. But today, it is not at all hard to imagine that this could happen.

The battle cry of democracy is heard far and wide

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."

People are hungry for truth telling, but truth telling has a smaller audience because it’s not within people’s realm of comfort or familiarity. That’s how the Right came to dominate, by continuously telling their story. They didn't water it down.

For the first time, I feel driven to speak publicly, because our company is now powering state violence across the globe.

18 Tips from UAW Organizer Brian O. Shepherd

The ongoing organizational renewal and substantial growth of UE is one of the most remarkable stories in the U.S. labor movement in decades. Of the 42 unions who comprised the founding roster of the CIO in 1938 only eight survive intact today.

Find Events, Petitions, and Volunteer Opportunities for May Day and Beyond

Organizing lessons I learned from movements for worker organizing, immigrant rights, Occupy Wall Street, Black Lives Matter, climate justice, Palestine solidarity, and abortion rights.