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The law brings second chances and public safety.

The theft of natural resources all rests on the larger backdrop of the Zionist settler-colonial project and its function as an imperialist proxy.

Part 2 of our conversation with longtime trade unionist Bill Fletcher and labor historian Jeff Schuhrke about union calls for a ceasefire in Gaza, the 2024 election and more.

Sometimes humility gets a bad rap. But having intellectual humility – being open to new information and willing to change your mind – can be beneficial for the individual and for society.

These inspiring developments serve as powerful reminders that by working together in pursuit of progress, we can manifest meaningful criminal legal reform that makes our country more humane, more just, and more democratic.

Keeping Trump off the ballot would be an affront to democracy. Denying people the opportunity to vote for him is going to make him stronger.

In the 2000s and 2010s Chileans began resolving the Crisis of Representation through protest, song, and dance. Recent political setbacks do not detract from this.

2023's Biggest Computing Breakthroughs. Carlos: The Santana Journey. The Human Toll of Philips’ Massive CPAP Recall. The Palestinian Knesset Member Suspended for Criticizing War on Gaza. Trump on the Michigan Ballot?

In the West Bank, I met so many brave Israelis and Palestinians who are working together to document obstacles to peace that I can see a way forward — if America has the guts to help them

In his new book, Silent Cavalry, former New York Times editor Howell Raines tells of loyalties long suppressed in his native Alabama