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Inequality Figures Heavily on the Ballot This Midterm
The 2018 election offers plenty of opportunities to chip away at our economic divide.
Just Another Week
It's just another seven days of escalating xenophobia, scapegoating and gobsmacking dishonesty.
We Cannot Fight Anti-Semitism and Anti-Black Racism in Isolation
The problem is white supremacy, whether expressed as anti-Semitism, anti-Black racism, Islamophobia or anti-Indigeneity.
Chicago Teachers Just Voted to Authorize the First Charter School Strike
Charter school teachers are currently bargaining their first contracts as members of the Chicago Teachers Union.
As Bolsonaro Threatens Crackdown on Protest, Resistance Emerges in Brazil
How will Brazil's election affect social movements, the environment and democracy across Latin America?
Trump Has Pushed to Eliminate Birthright Citizenship for Years
Martha Jones, professor of history at Johns Hopkins University, discusses more.
Demonstrators Block Trump During March for Love and Solidarity in Pittsburgh
Thousands of demonstrators gathered near the Tree of Life synagogue to condemn Trump's embrace of white nationalism.
A Fraction of the GOP Tax Cut Could End US’s Water Affordability Crisis
An estimated 15 million people in the US experienced a tap water shutoff in 2016 because of water's rising cost.
Latinos Born Outside Hospitals Face Scrutiny Over Citizenship
US-born people are having their passports denied or confiscated because of race or ethnicity.
San Francisco Grants Non-Citizen Residents Voting Rights in Local Election
For local races in particular, the people in power matter to everyone, regardless of citizenship status.