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“Unite the Right 2” Showed Growth of Anti-Fascism and Police Response
The state's response to the upsurge in resistance to the far right has been brutal aggression toward anti-fascists.
“Unite the Right 2” Was a Dud, but Threat of White Nationalism Is Alive and Well
The failed far-right rally was more a tactical retreat than a defeat.
Standing Against Privatization: Puerto Rico’s Teachers Strike
Members of the Federación de Maestros de Puerto Rico are planning a one-day strike to defend public education.
In Latest Attack on Fair Housing Act, Carson Moves to Gut Anti-Segregation Rule
Without this rule, communities will not do the work to eliminate discrimination and segregation.
ALEC Is Pushing a New Slate of Viciously Anti-Worker, Pro-Corporate Laws
This is ALEC’s menu of policy proposals at a New Orleans conference.
Hidden Studies From Decades Ago Could Have Curbed PFAS Chemical Problem
Studies conducted in the late 1970s and early 1980s were kept under wraps by chemical companies as pollution spread.
Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Wants to End EPA’s Cruel Animal Testing
Ending archaic, inhumane animal testing is something on which both parties—and most Americans—can agree.
Denied Disability Applicants Fare Badly in the Labor Market
Those denied coverage suffer great economic harm from their disability but nevertheless don’t qualify for benefits.
As Monsanto Pays $289 Million to Cancer Victim, Bayer Shares Plunge
At one point the German pharmaceutical giant's shares fell by as much as 14 percent.
Foreign Interests Have Spent Over $530 Million Influencing US Policy Since 2017
Foreign lobbyists and other operatives acting on behalf of foreign interests wield a significant amount of power.