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Advocates Say Plastics Treaty Draft Falls Far Short as Talks Near Deadline
The current text excludes key demands, including a binding limit on plastic production and a ban on dangerous additives.
Amazon Workers in Over 30 Countries Take Coordinated Action on Black Friday
The “Make Amazon Pay” campaign includes strikes and protests on six continents, disrupting a major shopping weekend.
Raoul Peck Discusses Why He Chose South African Apartheid as Focus for New Film
“The films I make are always reminders of what’s going on right now,” Peck says, discussing his new film on Ernest Cole.
Berkeley Free Speech Movement Forged an Organizing Blueprint That’s Relevant Now
As campus repression worsens, what can today’s student organizers learn from the struggle that took place in the 1960s?
“A Time Before Fear”: Notes From a Black Panther Who Spent 41 Years Behind Bars
Russell Shoatz’s posthumously published autobiography documents a lifetime of fighting for Black liberation.
Elon Musk Targets Consumer Protection Agency for Deletion
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has often incensed the nation's most powerful financial entities.
Gaza Flooding Worsens Crisis for Displaced Families Amid Israel’s Assault
Torrential rains turn Gaza’s makeshift camps into swamps, leaving thousands unprotected from disease.
What Could We Lose With Dr. Oz and RFK Jr. in Charge of Our Health?
The modest protections of the Affordable Care Act never went far enough, but even those could be weakened under Trump.
The Reproductive Justice Movement Must Be Expansive Under a Second Trump Term
With a federal Republican trifecta, the reproductive and disability justice movements need each other more than ever.
Maryland Aims to Train as Many as 120 New Abortion Care Providers Over Two Years
A new training program is offering reproductive health care skills to health care providers across the state.