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116 California DNC Delegates Demand Pelosi Hold Floor Vote on Medicare for All
Pelosi and other Democratic leaders have thus far only offered patchwork and expensive solutions amid COVID-19.
Taking Schools Online Leaves Marginalized Students Remote From Learning
Students and educators have all become subjects in “The Great Zoom-School Experiment.”
What’s “Justice” in the Face of Police Killings? Full Societal Transformation.
Beyond defunding police, we must move toward building a more caring, inclusive and economically just society.
The Confederate Flag Represents Sexual Violence
The topic of sexual violence is often left out of the history of chattel slavery.
Whole Foods Is Quietly Telling Workers Not to Show Black Lives Matter Support
Whole Foods workers are reportedly being sent home for wearing masks with the words or symbols of Black Lives Matter.
Siberian Forest Fires Increase by Fivefold in Week Since Record High Temperature
Temperatures in Siberia for the first five months of 2020 were an average 14 degrees Fahrenheit over normal.
When War Against Black Americans Represents “Peace,” We Must Redefine the Word
We must redefine what peace means and reject the police-enforced law-and-order “peace” as defined by white supremacy.
The Foster System Is a Battleground for the Racist War on Drugs
A new report exposes the foster system as rife with racist drug war attitudes and state violence.
Let’s Finally Get the Police Out of Pride
We are past the point where putting a rainbow flag on a cop car can be mistaken for victory or liberation.
House Fails to Override Trump’s Student Loan Forgiveness Veto
The failed vote comes as a whistleblower alleges that officials killed a loan forgiveness site for being too helpful.