Politics
Julianna Stratton to increase African-American representation in U.S. Senate
March 18, 2026She overcomes huge fundraising gap, to win Illinois Dem primary to replace retiring Sen. Dick Durbin.
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The Tolstoy guide to history that Trump and Netanyahu didn’t read
March 18, 2026Power is not located in the individual, but in the collective. History is not simply imposed from above; it is constructed from below.
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Worst vote suppression bill since Jim Crow heads for Senate vote
March 17, 2026Would, along with other Trump administration moves, cut many millions off voter rolls
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Wyoming governor signs restrictive six-week abortion ban into law
March 17, 2026From suffrage to suffering: Wyoming goes from a pioneer for women’s rights to a leader in Republican efforts to restrict them.
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Chicago Teachers Union calls for May Day to be official day of civic action
March 16, 2026The union urges a protest against what it describes as Trump’s “rising authoritarianism.”
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