politics
Illinois Democratic lawmakers back off the fight to save Chicago transit
May 30, 2025Despite their supermajority, they fail to come to the aid of the people of the nation’s third-largest city.
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Kentucky tornadoes spur mounting anxiety over weather service warning systems
May 30, 2025Trump weakened understaffed National Weather Service offices. Some people in the storms' path wonder if budget cuts contributed to the death and destruction.
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Liberalism’s useful idiots: How moderate institutions enable authoritarian drift
May 29, 2025Will liberal institutions destroy themselves through inaction, cowardice, and complicity?
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With NDP losses in Canadian election, labor has little choice but independent political action
May 19, 2025The New Democratic Party’s effort to replace the Liberals as the party representing “capitalism with a human face” alienated many people.
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Dorothy in the land of Washington, DC
May 19, 2025The latest from award-winning People's World cartoonist Greg Kearney.
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