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2018 election win pays off: Illinois passes “barrage” of pro-worker bills
July 8, 2019The legislature enacted a $45 billion infrastructure plan, banned local “right to work” laws, and approved a plethora of other pro-worker measures.
Read moreFirst martyr of the American Revolution: Former slave Crispus Attucks
July 3, 2019It would take a “second American revolution”—the Civil War—to break the U.S. slaveholder class.
Read moreTanks, but no tanks: Trump’s July 4 war machine showcase draws flak
July 3, 2019It's not just progressive orgs, the D.C. City Council and the Dept. of Defense are saying no to Trump's tank parade.
Read moreGirl recalls abuse in Texas border station
July 2, 2019She was one of hundreds of migrant children who have been held this year in holding cells at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection station.
Read moreSenate fails to get 60 votes to stop war on Iran
July 1, 2019By a 50-40 margin, precisely half of the U.S. Senate voted to prevent bellicose saber-rattling Trump from going to war on Iran without congressional approval.
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