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COVID-19 Underscores Why We Need to Make May Day Radical Again
The pandemic has made clear that our survival depends on rejecting our life of precarious drudgery under capitalism.
If a Budding Socialist Movement Can Defeat Amazon, Imagine What Else It Can Do
Socialists in New York played a key role in coalition organizing that halted a corporate behemoth in its tracks.
“Reopening the Economy” Isn’t the Way to Save Restaurants. What Is?
In the absence of state subsidies, neighbors are finding creative ways to keep their local businesses afloat.
Trump Reportedly Lashed Out at His Campaign Manager Over Grim Reelection Polls
Aggregate polling numbers from five swing states show Trump currently behind Biden in every one of them.
Trump Embraces the Role of Killer-in-Chief
The assassin-in-chief in distant lands has just transformed himself into an assassin-in-chief right here at home.
If We’re at War, the Weapons We Need Are Tests and PPE, Not Pork
Trump has invoked the Defense Production Act to bar local governments from closing meatpacking plants around the U.S.
Jared Kushner Calls US COVID Death Toll of 60,000 a “Great Success Story”
Like Trump, his son-in-law is apparently not beyond putting a rosy spin on a national tragedy for political gain.
The Coronavirus Pandemic Has Exposed the “Violence of Social Inequality”’
As more than 100 million people in cities worldwide could fall into poverty, can this crisis be a catalyst for change?
“No One in Puerto Rico” Has Received Stimulus Checks, Says San Juan Mayor
The Treasury Department has sent out more than 88 million payments. Not one of them went to Puerto Rico.
California City Was Accused of Police Brutality Weeks Before Cop Beat Black Teen
A lawsuit alleges Rancho Cordova “fostered a culture of violence.”