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Few figures on the left have been as committed to realizing the democratic promise of American politics as Eugene Debs.

A progress report on trans-Atlantic comparisons

Since October 7, academic institutions have applied overt and covert pressure to discourage Holocaust and genocide scholars from criticizing Israel’s actions in Gaza. Still, many academics are organizing new networks to defend free inquiry.

Labor in an AI generated future

The fascist Italian dictator sought to remake Rome in his image. The fascist American president is trying to do likewise in Washington, D.C.

Others in corporate media grasped one key to these wins: the months of organizing and door-knocking that made them possible.

Florida has not been lost because people stopped caring. Florida has been lost because too many institutions stopped investing, stopped organizing, stopped showing up. You cannot write off a state and be surprised when people feel written off.

Freedom represents a constant pursuit of equity, dignity, justice, and safety—yet it faces relentless attack.

In 2018, Sharice Davids and Deb Haaland became the first two Native American women elected to Congress. They are trailblazers from a long lineage of women whose ancestors were original inhabitants of the land that became America.

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