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Can Biden Achieve Progress Where It Matters While Avoiding a New Cold (or Hot) War?

I sincerely plead with my colleagues, to surrender the artificial constructs that measure achievement and greet the children where they are, not where we think they “should be.”

The image of a white woman calling police on Black people put the lie to the myth of racial innocence

Mutual aid is not only about addressing the crisis at hand but also about undoing the injustices of colonialism and imperialism.

The bulk of our progressive forces are focused on policy at the local or national level, paying much less attention to global dimensions. But the need for an internationalist agenda will tend to become more and more apparent as they grow in power.

The National Restaurant Association estimates there are now over 110,000 closures and says the industry badly needs government aid to get through the pandemic.

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to threaten hard-hit minority communities, the nation’s largest association of doctors has passed a policy that recognizes racism as a public health threat.

Joe Biden has won states worth 306 Electoral College votes, 36 more than the 270 needed to win, and received in excess of 5 million more popular votes than Donald Trump. Yet Trump insists the election was stolen from him and he is the victor.

A successful Biden presidency will require immediately making people's lives better - and this is where to start.