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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.

These labor leaders are organizing for 2028. Cooperation across unions and sectors—if carried out on a large scale—would be unprecedented in the 21st century United States.

Red states are enacting universal education vouchers, threatening budget calamity and potentially degrading student achievement.

They call themselves ‘the coconut army’ and are out in droves to reach young people aged 18-29. Can they turn activism into votes?

Harpers Ferry, a Bridge Too Far (1859), Lynch Mob Gets Served (1894), A Frame-Up Falls Apart 15 Years Too Late (1989), George Washington’s Indigenous ‘Enemies’ (1779), Civil Servants In the Crosshairs (2020), A Guilty Verdict Reversed by Trump (2014)