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The Shift to Working From Home Has Increased the Number of Hours Americans Work
Despite longer work hours, millions of employees have seen their pay reduced amid the pandemic.
Warren Denounces Trump’s Executive Orders as “Cruel Joke” on American People
The Massachusetts Senator described Trump's executive orders that were signed on Saturday as “unconstitutional slop.”
Lynching Is Not a Relic of a Jim Crow Past. It’s a Modern Form of Racial Terror.
Modern lynchings illustrate how Blackness continues to be criminalized.
Trump’s Threat to Press Freedom Is Global
One of the largest news networks in the world is in danger of being turned into a propaganda tool for Trump.
Health Care Workers of Color Nearly Twice as Likely as Whites to Get COVID-19
Harvard research shows POC workers are more likely to report inadequate PPE and to work with COVID-positive patients.
NRA Promises to Pour Money Into Trump’s Campaign Following Major Lawsuit
The National Rifle Association has announced plans to “spend tens of millions of dollars” on 2020 elections.
Fertilizer Likely Behind the Beirut Explosion Is Unevenly Regulated Across US
Trump and agribusiness have pushed back against federal rules that would strengthen the regulation of ammonium nitrate.
Watchdogs Alarmed by Changes to Postal Service Under Trump’s Postmaster General
Louis DeJoy, a major GOP donor to the president, has issued changes to mail service that could impact the 2020 election.
Marvel’s “Punisher” Was a Hate Symbol Long Before Police Co-opted His Character
The Punisher has long been embraced as a classic superhero, but his comics spread reactionary ideology.
Abolishing Police Is a Step Toward Ending White Supremacy and Capitalism
We must also dismantle the entire criminal legal apparatus rooted in economic exploitation and racial oppression.