Nearly every day in early June, protesters turned out in Chambersburg’s town square to protest the killing of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis. That was noteworthy, even to locals who had spent years pushing for racial justice in this south central Pennsylvania community

Research finds that far right tactics are less about misinformation than looking for community support by highlighting societal inequalities

Farmworker organizations are leading the way in showing us the need for reform; the question is if the rest of us will stand with some of the most essential people who sacrifice so much to feed us daily

Will much of Christianity be transformed into jerking, howling, swooning congregations who utter incoherent sounds?  If so, that’s one more reason for thinking people to renounce irrational supernaturalism.

Death when one is diminished is devastating. Death when one is isolated is shattering. All manner of death is final. Lydia Sargent…

Of course, none of these corporate journalists – only Assange – is being put on trial, revealing clearly that this is a political trial to silence Assange and disable Wikileaks.

Shaping the law of the land is within the grasp of ordinary people, and it’s time for us to close that hand into a fist

A new economic renewal plan would put millions of people back to work building a fairer, healthier, and more sustainable economy

Deeply embedded state-corporate forces relentlessly strive to keep our minds ‘right’ for patriotism, militarism and war, for the idea that ‘we’ are good, civilised while ‘they’ are not

We need an equally radical rededication to the concept of jobs with rights, and the rewards, monetary and moral, that are their just compensation

The American people, no matter what their political view, must make it clear that American democracy will not be destroyed

My daughter does not deserve this future, nor do her peers, and many of them have begun to push back hard

The whole principle of the right to be free journalists is at stake

The Istanbul Convention is a Council of Europe treaty designed to prevent violence against women

If Facebook were to adopt the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism, this would be detrimental to freedom of speech.

Stephen R. Shalom criticizes the arguments against lesser-evil voting and makes the case for the Left both to support Biden and build the social movements

The American people, no matter what their political persuasion, must make it clear that American democracy will not be destroyed

Lyn Caballero describes her experiences as a migrant domestic worker and explains why domestic workers are campaigning for immigration policy change

Outrage Over Florida Gov. DeSantis’ Proposed Anti-Protest Bill

“We can lend a hand to people’s organizations that are not just working to defeat Trump, but also working to upend an unacceptable status quo, defeat an out-of-touch political establishment, take on the powerful forces arrayed against us, and win the future for the many, not the few.”