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Take the knee: Athletes unite in historic protest against racism & police brutality, defying...

It was the biggest display of athletic defiance in years.

To prevent voter intimidation, Michigan has banned open carry guns at polling places

“The presence of firearms at the polling place, clerk’s office(s), or absent voter counting board may cause disruption, fear or intimidation for voters, election workers and others present.”

Exposed: How Big Oil is buying influence at America’s top universities

A new student-led report reveals how six prestigious universities have received millions from the fossil fuel industry, raising concerns about conflicts of interest, research bias, and the need for academic independence from polluting sectors.

An unexpected con to end free speech

There is an international movement to boycott, sanction, and divest from Israel, but in the United States, President Donald Trump is imperiling the freedom even to publicly discuss such ideas.

Raskin says electoral college is a ‘danger’ to democracy and should be abandoned

"We should elect the president the way we elect governors, senators, mayors, representatives, everybody else: Whoever gets the most votes wins."

Trump and Haley claim to have negotiated $285M cut in UN’s budget

There’s nothing wrong with increasing efficiency and eliminating waste at the U.N., but it’s crucial that we don’t curtail the U.N.’s ability to save the lives of men, women and children worldwide.

Venezuela Embassy Protection Collective defies unlawful ‘no trespass’ order

History will record this as a key turning point in U.S.-Venezuela relations, U.S. violation of a key tenet of international law and most of all, as a heroic example of U.S. citizens doing everything in their power to try to stop a U.S.-orchestrated coup.

Texas Democrats flee to block GOP gerrymandering as Trump pushes national redistricting blitz

Fleeing the state to break quorum, Texas Democrats are fighting what they call a racist, Trump-backed effort to rig congressional maps ahead of 2026—sparking a broader national confrontation over voting rights.

The Venezuela myth keeping us from transforming our economy

Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution gives Congress the power to create the nation’s money supply. Congress needs to exercise that power.

How indigenous knowledge is transforming the March for Science

“Indigenous peoples were always scientists. Their lives depended on it."