Flávio Bolsonaro of the state of Rio de Janeiro, the eldest son of Lula's predecessor Jair Bolsonaro, led with 47% of the vote over incumbent president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's 45%. They will face each other in a runoff on 25 October 2026.
Survivors have the potential to be a political bloc that transforms the conditions that enable the scale of sexual violence in the United States.
From the Women’s War of 1929 to the Anlu uprising three decades later, African women were organizing and resisting long before donors arrived to ‘give them a voice.’
Workers and community members gave public testimony at the Convergence for Democracy about the human rights violations they experienced during Operation Metro Surge.
His take on history arms youth with the courage to “transform the world.” It’s no wonder the right aims to erase it.
The history of slavery in the Americas is one of rebellion, solidarity, and democratic invention. A recent book traces the depth and creativity of enslaved people’s resistance, whose legacy continues to inspire social-justice movements.
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I never found the cure to cancer as a geneticist. But 30 years of organizing have led me to understand the work needed to stop this horrible disease — dismantling the oppression, corporate greed, environmental destruction destroying our communities.
Although the congressional elections in November 2026 may push MAGA back for a while, the longer-range prognosis for US democracy depends primarily on the grassroots mobilization of the widest possible spectrum of the American population.
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