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Interview: Laia G. Facet

A feminist outpouring shakes the Spanish state

The massive protests in the Spanish state on International Women's Day were historic in more ways than one. Here's the background.
Comment: Sumaya A. and Bill Mullen

Countering the Canary Mission blacklist

The new website Against Canary Mission is dedicated to opposing a malicious attempt to smear and blacklist opponents of Israel.

Comment: Elizabeth Schulte

The myth of the "#MeToo panic"

The #MeToo campaign has been accused of ignoring "due process"--but has due process existed at all for women who have faced sexual assault?
Report: Karl Schwartz

Why is a sanctuary city profiting off detentions?

Activists challenged an Essex County Democrat who claims to support immigrants over his backing for an ICE detention center.
Comment: Robin Chadwell

Will Vermont's new gun laws help?

The three new gun-control measures passed into law in Vermont are a departure for the state--but we should take a closer look.
Report: Jonathan Cunningham

Colorado teachers descend on the capital

Hundreds of educators walked out of schools and rallied in Denver to protests devastating cuts to the public employees pension fund.
Comment: M. Czinner

Repression and resistance in a Bedouin village

The inhabitants of Umm al-Khair are fighting displacement in the face of violence from the Israeli state and Zionist settlers.

Comment: Darrin Hoop

Who's afraid of the Arizona teachers?

School "walk-ins" across Arizona are the latest actions of a movement that has won concessions from the governor--but teachers say they aren't done.
Comment

It's the cop way or the highway

Three New York State senators are holding a highway bill hostage to their plan to put armed cops in every New York City school.
Statement: Sinistra Anticapitalista

The meaning of the Italian right's victory

Socialists in Italy explain the backdrop to an election in which xenophobic and populist forces trounced the center-left Democrats.
Report: Camille McCarthy

Asheville stands up to ICE

Hundreds of Asheville residents gathered in solidarity with their immigrant neighbors after a series of ICE raids detained dozens.
Report: Alex Buckingham

Debating gun violence in Madison

A discussion about guns at the University of Wisconsin was notable for what Republican and Democratic speakers failed to mention.

Editorials

Trump preaches honest work...for the poor

As he comes under greater scrutiny for his sleazy and corrupt career, Trump is wheeling out all the old hypocritical lies to sell "welfare reform 2.0."
Report: Nicole Colson

A new far-right threat crystallizes

A list of anti-racist activists is circulating on a far-right internet forum, raising the clear threat of neo-Nazi violence against the left.
Roundtable

How the Arizona teachers got organized

Three teachers talk about conditions in Arizona--and how they joined got involved in organizing to get something done about it.
Interview: Siddique Abdullah Hasan

When Lucasville rose up

A prisoner who took part in the Lucasville prison rebellion describes how inmates organized and the legacy of the revolt today.

Comment: Ashley Smith

Will Trump set off the Middle East powder keg?

The U.S.-led air strikes against Syria will intensify geopolitical conflicts in the region and around the globe, bringing the world closer to war.
Comment: Juan Miranda

The caravan marches north

Some 1,500 migrants from Central America set out on a journey across Mexico toward the U.S. to demand dignity and asylum.
Interview

UC workers are fighting for respect

Here's what custodians and services workers for the University of California system are demanding as they hold a strike vote.
Report

Stopping a tuition increase at Portland State

When the Portland State University Board of Trustees wanted to raise tuition, students halted their plans with the treat to strike.

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