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U.S. to World Court: Drop Dead! (in 1983). ACT UP shuts down FDA (1988). Secrecy runs amuck (1973). Stars and stripes fly over Dixie (1863). GIs strike against Vietnam War (1968). SCOTUS prefers civil wrongs (1883). Athletes protest racism (1968).

Why did it take so long for other presidents to appreciate the power of these regulatory counterweights?

With his latest missive, he has moved from grief and exhortation to a more strident position

"The targeting of civilians is a war crime, no matter who does it," said U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Israel is bombarding Gaza, slaughtering civilians en masse and vowing to turn it into a “city of tents” following this weekend’s horrific violence. An immediate cease-fire to end the cycle of bloodshed couldn’t be more urgent.

Revolving Door Project research reveals that right-wing elites in the Horatio Alger Association stand to benefit from a lawsuit attempting to destroy the CFPB. The group has close ties to Clarence Thomas

The disaster that befell Israel on the holiday of Simchat Torah is the clear responsibility of one person: Benjamin Netanyahu. The military and intelligence failure does not absolve Netanyahu of his overall responsibility for the crisis.

It’s distressing to see this nightmare unfolding precisely because we’ve been down this same road so many times before and, by now, should know exactly where it leads. It takes us back to where we began.

The UAW was poised to call out the 5,000 members at GM’s assembly plant in Arlington, Texas, but In the eleventh hour, GM agreed to put battery manufacturing facilities for electric vehicles into its national union contract.