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Fighting Kentucky’s Policy of Lifetime Disenfranchisement
Mantell Stevens is organizer with working to end Kentucky's policy of lifetime disenfranchisement.

“We Are Going to Shut It Down on May 1”: Caravan Against Fear Mobilizes the Masses
Traveling from California to Arizona and backed by 230 organizations, a Caravan Against Fear is building toward May 1.

Witnesses to Double Execution in Arkansas Say Prisoners May Have Suffered Painful Death
Arkansas carried out a shocking double execution Monday night.

Cornel West and Former Sanders Staffer on Movement to Draft Bernie for a New “People’s Party”
Sen. Bernie Sanders has emerged as one the country's most popular politicians.

Noam Chomsky: US Is the “Most Dangerous Country in the World“
“The interesting question will be how long Trump's constituency can fall for the con game.”

Richard Wolff on Public Debt, Printing Money and How Governments Pay for Wars
Professor Wolff talks about how politicians exploit the mechanism of money printing.

Gentrification Represents a Geography of Inequality
Gentrification creates a rich, city-based ruling class and a mass of disconnected people spread out everywhere else.

Marine Le Pen, Donald Trump and the Emergence of New Right-Wing Movements
Socialists and radicals must come up with a new version of a globalized economy, says C.J. Polychroniou.

So Much for “Draining the Swamp”: Wall Street’s Power Soars Under Trump
Goldman Sachs has avoided $10 billion in taxes and we need to end their influence on the US government.

Massachusetts to Throw Out 21,000 Drug Convictions After State Chemist Tampers Evidence for Nine Years
In what may be the largest dismissal of wrongful convictions in US history, Massachusetts will throw out 21,587 criminal drug cases.