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Targets on Our Backs: From Charleston to Orlando
On the anniversary of Charleston, we must ask: When will we say enough to the bigotry that leads to these slaughters?
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It’s Not Just Climate Change Anymore: Meet the Right-Wing Poverty Deniers
Instead of putting our heads in the sand, policymakers on both sides of the aisle must acknowledge the very real experience of poverty in the US.
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Rasmea Odeh Case Moves Toward Retrial
More than 100 supporters rallied outside the US District Court in Detroit, Michigan, on Monday, June 13, in support of Palestinian activist Rasmea Odeh.
The Emancipation of the Minority Academic
There was a Black woman on my computer screen, not slinking into the back of a college classroom, but with her shoulders squared for millions of viewers.
Economic Update: Economic Change — Why and How
This episode discusses CEO pay, a new book on inequality and US estate and inheritance taxes.
DOJ Seeks Privacy Act Exemptions for FBI’s Extensive Biometric Database
The rule change request opened a window for public comment, which has since been extended after 45 organizations signed onto a public letter expressing serious concerns.
As United Kingdom Mourns MP Jo Cox, Her Killer Is Linked to White Supremacy Groups
Britain is in a state of mourning after a rising star in the British Parliament died Thursday.
Democratic Gun Control Filibuster Leaves Advocates Skeptical: “We Could Be Asking for a Lot More”
Senate Democrats took the chamber floor for a nearly 15-hour filibuster for stricter gun control legislation.
Hundreds Accuse Trump of Failing to Pay for Their Work
Former employees and contractors have accused Donald Trump and his businesses of failing to pay them for their work.
This Foreign Firm Wants to Break Into the US “Market” of Detaining Refugee Women and Children
British-owned Serco was just given the green light to negotiate the opening of a family immigrant detention center in Texas.