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From Occupy Wall Street to DSA and from anti-vax to Lord Valdemort

Melvin Van Peebles, the filmmaker praised as the godfather of modern Black cinema and a trailblazer in American independent movies, died on Tuesday at his home in Manhattan. He was 89.

This time we can stand with Afghan women on their own terms, by asking them what they want and working hand-in-hand with them to support their leadership and meet their communities' needs.

The unemployment expansion showed us what work could be like if it was freely chosen.

Today’s German elections mark the effective end of Angela Merkel’s 16-year rule. Yanis Varoufakis writes for Jacobin about how she became Europe’s most dominant peacetime leader — at the expense of Europe itself.

The U.S. needs to make its asylum policy clear. It needs to define who it will allow to seek asylum and apply that standard without discrimination.

Four-day workweek pilots are emerging across the globe, with some companies now shifting from the pilot phase to implementing the policy permanently. Beyond the U.S., political leaders are voicing support for the concept.

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, commemorating Grito de Dolores, invited Cuba’s president Miguel Díaz-Canel, to share the podium with him as an act of solidarity.

Aquatic foods can improve human health by reducing nutritional deficiencies and offering red meat alternatives.

This is the first in a three part series examining the history of the use of paid officers and staff in labor unions. This installment looks at the origins of the practice in the 18th & 19th centuries. Links to parts 2 and 3 at end of article.