For regular viewers of Amy Goodman’s Democracy Now! Program, she and her team recently reported from the COP30 conference in Belém, Brazil. This COPS spotlighted Indigenous people, and…
As far-right hate and violence sweep across Britain, exploiting the Southport murders as a pretext but especially targeting Muslim communities, anti-fascists of…
The June 28th debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump was a two-pronged disaster. Much has been made of Biden’s “senior moments” as well…
Less than two days after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, media intelligence firm Zignal Labs counted a more than a quarter of…
While they will likely be defeated in their efforts to make the U.S. a “white-only” country, the rest of us will pay a heavy price
Amazon, a Public Utility?: Keep Your Fingers Crossed
The deepening crisis of U.S. and global capitalism may usher in a new era of worker empowerment. One can hope – and organize
A growing proportion of Americans are enduring the painful decline in their quality of life
A June 2020 poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found the 95 percent of those polled reported that criminal justice reform was necessary
More ominous, a greater economically structured and unequal system – a postmodern caste system — may come to define the next new normal
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