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Mike Davis died this week. Often misread as a “prophet of doom,” the Marxist historian was actually an optimist and a dreamer.

You can’t play with the fire of nationalist politics without getting burned. You may think you can manage the Maga mob or the Brexit brigade, but you’re fooling yourself. They are coming for you too, Kevin McCarthy and Rishi Sunak.

Running ads portraying Black candidates as soft on crime — or as “different” or “dangerous” — Republicans have shed quiet defenses of such tactics for unabashed defiance. For the Trumpers it was always about all about race.

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New evidence shows that the conviction of Mumia Abu-Jamal – who has spent over 40 years in prison – was tainted, prompting calls for a re-examination

Workers at Amazon are increasing pressure on the world’s largest retailer with strikes and protests aimed at improving working conditions and wages as the company continues to fend off unionization efforts.

Democrats ask ‘what’s the endgame,’ then withdraw the question (which nonetheless persists).

Simply put, the elections are “tightening” because rightwing billionaires and giant corporations are pouring billions of dollars into advertising. And advertising works.

We are producing more food than at any other time in human history, yet millions of people around the world are starving. The global food system is broken.

"It was from a humanizing perspective and was not one of objectifying or exploitation," said Chinonye Chukwu in an interview regarding ‘Till’