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The last year has shown that our love of life, and our fight for our freedom, will never be extinguished.

With just weeks before the presidential election, three Republican-led states have quietly filed an amended complaint against the FDA in the hopes of rolling back access to mifepristone across the country.

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There are enough people who hate Trump but may vote for Stein or West or some other third candidate or not vote at all to perhaps move some swing states into Trump’s column. That could matter greatly.

When language becomes a political weapon, democracy becomes the victim…

Tim O’Hare’s leadership in Tarrant County, Texas, gives a glimpse of far-right priorities: cutting programs for at-risk youth, targeting elections and stifling dissent.

"We should not wait 30 days," one group argued. "U.S. law requires ending the weapons NOW."

To mobilize people, we must have a compelling alternative vision for turning government into a force for equity and justice.

Western hegemony is in decline, the Left has to reckon with a new international balance of power. Peter Mertens, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Belgium, spoke to us about what the “mutinies” in the Global South mean for socialist strategy

He appears to be hoping for a Trump victory, which would be a disaster for the Teamsters, but just maybe good for him.