The Powell Memo revisited: The corporate takeover of American democracy
From peace to prison, the environment to economic inequality, many Americans fight for their cause, plead for justice. The dynamic is similar in other countries.
From peace to prison, the environment to economic inequality, many Americans fight for their cause, plead for justice. The dynamic is similar in other countries.
Let’s review what happened 10 years ago, on Dec. 14: a 20-year-old white Connecticut man murdered his mother, then drove to Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown to shoot to death 20 first graders, six educators, and himself.
It’s not yet clear whether DACA, the program created to protect from deportation the young people brought here as children, will last much longer.
Unable to appreciate what is good about modernity, the conservative right clings to a dubious view of the past while spreading fear to retain power and influence.
The House voted Thursday to pass the Respect for Marriage Act, sending the bill to President Biden for his signature to make it a law.
A Richmond restaurant turned away a conservative Christian group that had made a reservation last week, citing the group’s advocacy for denying basic rights to the LGBTQ+ community.
The U.S. Senate, in a rare moment of bipartisanship, has advanced a repeal of a federal law that denies federal benefits to same-sex couples.
Student loan borrowers aren’t likely to get relief from their debt as planned in this calendar year, thanks in part to a lawsuit filed by six Republican-led states.
The Democrats who represent Virginia in D.C. are leading an effort to get state lawmakers in Richmond to protect abortion access.
The right to safe and affordable abortion is a human right that serves all sexes and genders.
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