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Meet the Activist Who Is Driving the Push to Reclaim Nature for Black People
Rue Mapp, founder of Outdoor Afro, discusses her work connecting Black Americans more closely with the natural world.
Reforms Are Won When Social Movements Inflict Real Costs on the Economic Elite
Victory requires disrupting the interests of capital, says Kevin A. Young, co-author of “Levers of Power.”
Black Trans Activists Are Organizing Against Louisiana Law Targeting Trans Women
Black trans activists are pushing the movement for Black lives to defend trans and gender nonconforming people.
If Trump Had Followed Vietnam’s Lead on COVID, US Would Have Fewer Than 100 Dead
The U.S. has much to learn from Vietnam, which has recorded just 22 COVID-related deaths, says economist Robert Pollin.
Remembering Charlotta Bass, the First Black Woman to Run for VP in 1952
Journalist and political activist Charlotta Bass joined the Progressive Party ticket in 1952 on an anti-racist platform.
Julián Castro Ran on Police Reform Platform But Wasn’t Asked to Give DNC Address
The Democratic National Convention faces criticism over the lack of diversity in its primetime programming this year.
Rep. Ro Khanna: Democrats Must Support Medicare for All
"I cannot vote for this platform that does not have universal health care as a right,” says Khanna.
Expert: Israel and UAE Deal Is Being Falsely Characterized as a Peace Deal
Rashid Khalidi says the agreement “makes the chance of a just, equitable and sustainable peace much, much, much harder.”
Kamala Harris’s “Top Cop” Record Faces New Scrutiny Amid BLM Protests
There’s a great deal of frustration with Harris amid the largest protest movement in U.S. history.
The Election Is Being Sabotaged Before Our Eyes
Democracy isn't dying in the dark. It's dying in broad daylight.