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Florida, Iowa and Texas Go to Court Over State Abortion Restrictions
Despite a successful Supreme Court ruling in favor of abortion rights in June of 2016, abortion remains far from a settled legal issue.
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“Guerrillas of Desire” and the Revolutionary Potential of Everyday Struggle
Kevin Van Meter's new book draws attention to the revolutionary potential already present in everyday popular struggle.
History Shows That Stacking Federal Science Advisory Committees Doesn’t Work
Every year thousands of scientists donate their time without payment to advise Congress and federal government agencies.
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We Need a Broad-Based Movement to Stop Killing at Home and Across the Globe
Civil disobedience and connecting with the families of drone victims are ways to universalize resistance.
Trump v. Sessions: Who Do You Root for? The Truth
Trump has unfriended Jeff Sessions. Is the most important question really who will “win”?
Follow the Money: Drugmakers Deploy Political Cash as Prices and Anger Mount
Despite running into trouble this year, drugmaker, Mallinckrodtt, has been increasing its lobbying efforts in Congress.
After $15 Million Verdict, Lawyers Representing Police Murder Victim Leonard Thomas Speak Out
This month, a jury awarded the family of Leonard Thomas — an unarmed Fife resident fatally shot by police in 2013 — $15 million.
Bail Bond Industry Attempts to Slow the Train of Reform
On July 17th, a judge in Chicago ruled that courts there could no longer hold people in jail on bail simply because they could not afford it.
Transcript From Secret Meeting Illustrates EPA Collusion With the Chemical Industry
The Poison Papers represent a vast trove of rediscovered chemical industry and regulatory agency documents and correspondence stretching back to the 1920s.
Trump Jr., Kushner and the Lie of Inherent White Innocence
Donald Trump Jr. and Jared Kushner benefit from the lifelong presumption of white innocence this racist society confers on them.