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May Day Is About Confronting the Capitalist System That Governs Our Lives
Let’s celebrate by coming together to imagine how workers’ collective power can transform the world.

Our Unions Can Turn the Tide for the Campus Palestine Revolt
Rank and filers can organize unions to join the encampments, strike for Palestine and turn words into action.

One Mistake Led to a Lifetime Ban of SNAP Benefits. This Reform Can Resolve It.
Lawmakers introduced the RESTORE Act to prevent further harm to those affected by the criminal justice system.

Amnesty International: Israel Repeatedly Committed War Crimes With US Weapons
The human rights group called on the US to immediately suspend arms shipments to Israel.

Top UN Human Rights Official Raises Alarm Over Repression of Student Protests
Over 1,200 protesters have been arrested across dozens of campuses just over the past two weeks.

The Biden Administration Is Reportedly Moving to Reclassify Marijuana
The proposed reclassification would recognize that cannabis has medical uses and less potential for abuse.

Trump Says He Would Let States Prosecute Anyone Who Violates an Abortion Ban
He also said he wouldn’t intervene if states attempt to monitor pregnancies to determine compliance with abortion bans.

Trump Slapped With Fines, Warning of Jail Time If He Keeps Violating Gag Order
“Continued willful violations” of the gag order could result in an “incarceratory punishment,” the judge said.

Trump Offers Alarming Details on How He’d Govern If Elected President Again
When asked if his loyalists would enact violence if he loses, Trump said “it depends.”

Students Sue After CUNY Folds to Backlash Against Muslim Commencement Speakers
CUNY's law school canceled student commencement speeches after Muslim women used the platform to criticize Israel.