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For Democrats, the main issue in the shutdown wasn’t electoral backlash — it was the filibuster. Leadership feared its removal, viewing it as a safeguard to keep the party’s rising left wing in check.

While Israeli settlers drive Palestinians from their land through violence, another, quieter expulsion continues through bureaucracy and law, signed by army generals, and approved by Israel's High Court of Justice.

Despite the frantic tone of mainstream media coverage (and the revolutionary overtones of the phrase “democratic socialist”) most of Mamdani’s agenda could be accomplished at minimal cost to the city. The only exception is free universal childcare.

Building on the legacy of Black-owned bookstores, Charis Books, Red Emma’s, and other booksellers serve as intellectual and cultural hubs during rising authoritarianism. Under Trump’s authoritarian regime, radical bookstores continue to be attacked.

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The United Nations reported that this October — peak olive harvest season in the West Bank — saw the highest number of settler attacks in the area since it began documenting them in 2006. Over 260 attacks were recorded, an average of eight per day.

The university at large has sold out our students. But there are hundreds of faculty on this campus dedicated to the right of our students to learn, debate, protest, research, and report without fear.

After lobbyists spent big on the Trump administration and Democratic defectors, the government funding bill cut food-contamination rules and limited ultraprocessed-food research.

As of October 17, the dealers at the Horseshoe Indianapolis Casino in Shelbyville, Indiana, were on strike for union recognition. “It was one of the most beautiful moments of human solidarity I’ve ever had the pleasure of being part of.”