Democratic governments have already used the virus to crack down on freedoms, while those regimes that were authoritarian to begin with have used the pandemic to grab even more power.
Its Face is Cruel and Selfish
Amnesty International released a major report about US-led massacres of more than 1,600 civilians in Raqqa, Syria from June to October of 2017
Los Angeles teachers are telling the district and the world that their public schools have been deeply damaged by years of austerity
“I cannot protect my kid. But many other parents can still protect their kids. You don’t have to pay the price that I paid”
Trump needs Americans to believe there is an imminent threat to our collective safety and security in order to whip up his base and retain support
From Starbucks to Waffle House
Editor’s note: Reports of a chemical attack in Syria have generated controversy and conflicting claims about what happened and who was responsible.…
Our ignorance of the havoc Trump is wreaking overseas makes us more susceptible to the politicization of future retaliatory attacks
The most effective way to express our demands is through political organizing that is entirely independent of any political party
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