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For incarcerated individuals, complaints about mistreatment often end up simply being ignored—or, at worst, lead to more punishment.

If you’re worried that the government is going to force you to wear a mask or get vaccinated, you can breathe a sigh of relief—it isn’t going to happen.

The pandemic has made clear that people in nursing homes are extremely vulnerable and that something needs to be done about it.

Georgia’s Irwin Detention Center, where immigrant women were subjected to forced sterilization, is finally closing down. Now, ICE is moving detained immigrants to a private prison with a record of human rights abuses.

A proposed golf course near the Wisconsin state park is facing opposition from environmental activists.

The Star Tribune won the prestigious award for its coverage of George Floyd’s murder, but the community is demanding that the paper be held accountable for its racist and inaccurate reporting on the killing of other Black men.

Biden’s support suggests an end to government policies that blame teachers for low test scores.

There is a growing realization that U.S. support for Israel is hampering U.S. diplomacy.

Local guaranteed-income pilot programs are spreading across the country.

When President Biden meets with the leaders of democratic countries, he represents a country that is, in many ways, an undemocratic outlier rather than a leader among democratic nations.

The new book “Justice Deferred: Race and the Supreme Court,” by Orville Vernon Burton and Armand Derfner, takes a look at the racist history of our legal system.

States are reflecting on the racist history of capital punishment, but most lawmakers have done nothing about it.

The state is becoming a showcase of progressive legislation.

A Conviction Integrity Unit gives the justice system one more chance to get it right.

Domestic workers have been ‘told they were slaves and treated accordingly.’

Looking back at the teacher strikes of 2018-2019, it’s clear that true reform for U.S. public schools will only come from undoing capitalism.

John Woodrow Cox’s new book, "Children Under Fire: An American Crisis," shares stories about children who have witnessed school shootings or lost a loved one to other gun violence.

Tensions between the United States and the Bukele administration grow as the Salvadoran congress continues to give the country’s president more power.

Rescinding Trump-era restrictions would only be a start toward radical reform.

In some cases, teachers are forbidden from teaching anything that could result in a student feeling “discomfort” or “guilt.”

A documentary from The Real News Network highlights how co-ops show us what a workplace centered around democracy and dignity could look like.

President Joe Biden is ending a four-decade-long ban on using federal health coverage for abortions.

Syria has been locked in a war for years, and the United States has been aiding in it.

The Vice President is now toeing the administration’s line on keeping out people fleeing danger in their home countries.

There are so many names: Flint Farmer, Rekia Boyd, Laquan McDonald, Dakota Bright, Ronald Johnson, Quintonio LeGrier, Bettie Jones, Harith Augustus, Adam Toledo, Anthony Alvarez, and many more—all shot and killed by Chicago Police.

In practice, qualified immunity serves as a giant rubber stamp on even the most egregious transgressions.

Around the world, we are witnessing what can happen when people rise up and act collectively for the common good—and when they don’t.

An interview with former Congressmember Dennis Kucinich.

Infrastructure is connected to the most important progressive goals in the United States today.

Lawrence Wright’s “The Plague Year” examines the failure of government during the pandemic.