On Oct. 25, Brazil’s electoral court declared Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva re-elected with 51.79% to Flávio Bolsonaro’s 48.21%, a margin of about 4.4 million votes. Three weeks earlier, he had trailed by 2,224,965 votes, and no candidate since direct elections returned in 1989 had ever…
SÃO PAULO—Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has won a fourth term, coming from behind on Sunday to defeat far-right Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, eldest son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, in one of the most bitterly fought elections…
State workers went on a one-day unfair labor practice strike across California October 21, with picket lines in Sacramento, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and other cities. They're demanding better pay, affordable health care coverage, and flexibility to work from home. This…
Register for upcoming events and revisit past conversations. Cure Violence and Cities United are combining into a new organization. Here’s why that’s significant news. In 1995, Dr. Gary Slutkin had an unusual idea. An epidemiologist and professor at the University of…
Minneapolis, MN — For the 31st annual National Day of Protest Against Police Brutality on Oct. 22, activists drew the connection to the violence perpetrated by local, state, and federal law enforcement as they marched from the memorial site of Alex Pretti to…
For further elections coverage: Thousands of No Kings rallies across nation shout ‘vote out MAGA’ Labor and allies launch massive voter protection operation for home stretch Redistricting leader Louise Lucas indicted as Trump’s revenge campaign widens Wyoming, the reddest state,…
As religious leaders, we understand that religion is central to the particular authoritarian movement that we face. This moral analysis of the challenge we face led us to take seriously the responsibility of religious leaders – and especially of Christian clergy…
WASHINGTON—The “originalism” theory that the Republican-appointed U.S. Supreme Court majority often uses in its rulings turning back the constitutional clock doesn’t fit with the Constitution itself, Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan says. It also increases political polarization and…
Haaland and Hull never debated face to face, but when it comes to oilfield enforcement and climate goals, there are clear differences. Starting in September, Capital & Main asked Democratic New Mexico gubernatorial candidate Deb Haaland and Republican nominee Gregg Hull…
Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor’s End Times Fascism and the Fight for the Living World is critical reading for anyone seeking to understand and push back against the far-right coalitions wielding considerable state and corporate power around the world. Klein…
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