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When Eric Adams became New York City mayor in 2022, he brought a lot of old friends to City Hall. One of those associates, from his years at the New York Police Department, is Timothy...

The foundational 1935 labor law protecting workers is unconstitutional, according to major corporations and right-wing zealots who believe they have enough votes on the Supreme Court to overturn it. In the latest sign that anti-union forces will...

Review of Wealth, Poverty and Enduring Inequality: Let’s Talk Wealtherty by Sarah Kerr (Policy Press, 2024) Introducing a new word into the English language is no easy task. A colleague of mine claims that a...

In Huicalco, a working-class neighborhood in the city of Tizayuca, central Mexico, the exposed concrete walls of a new community center stand out among mom-and-pop shops and unpretentious homes. This facility, Complejo Colibrí, is one...

Mass feeling is essential to political life. But following its uses by violent fascist and communist regimes of the twentieth century, liberal-democratic parties in Europe and the United States have increasingly shied away from affectively...

At the age of twenty-six, Angela Davis became one of the world’s most famous political prisoners and a revolutionary icon, her image as recognizable as that of Mao Zedong or Che Guevara. The circumstances that...

In 1966, the famed communist folk musician Pete Seeger was invited by the Cuban revolutionary government to perform a series of concert dates in Cuba. Seeger was then in the early stages of organizing an...

This week, Israel marked the occasion of Antony Blinken’s visit with a new wave of horrific violence in Gaza. On Thursday night, Israeli forces bombed and leveled thirteen houses in Jabalia refugee camp, killing over...

To say that Cuba has had a trying week would be an understatement. After a grid failure last Friday caused four days of nationwide blackouts, and a Category One hurricane smashed into the eastern province...

Justin Trudeau’s grip on power is becoming increasingly unstable. Week after week, he faces growing calls to step down. While President Joe Biden’s exit from the White House has revitalized the Democrats, Trudeau is determined...

There were high hopes that MDMA-assisted therapy would be approved by US regulators in 2024. The data showed that the drug-therapy combo significantly reduces post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, or even eases them completely —...

When California passed AB 1228 last September, raising the minimum wage for fast-food workers from $15.50 to $20 per hour — the highest in the nation — the industry responded with a familiar litany of...