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Women’s marches Saturday to slam Texas abortion ban

September 30, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

Expect a coast to coast uprising in 588 cities demanding that the right of reproductive choice becomes the law of the land.

Communist Party of Austria in coalition talks after winning Graz municipal elections

September 29, 2021 By Combined Sources

The KPÖ hasn’t had a seat in the federal parliament since 1959, but it’s now set to take charge in Austria’s second-largest city.

Honors for Hugh Mulzac, the captain who fought Jim Crow, Hitler, and McCarthy

September 29, 2021 By Tony Pecinovsky

In 1942, Hugh Mulzac became the first African American man of Caribbean descent to captain a U.S. Merchant Marine ship, the S.S. Booker T. Washington.

Voting rights ‘compromise’ allows state lawmakers to trash voter choice

September 29, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

Manchin’s Senate bill protects some ballot access but doesn’t stop Republican legislators from throwing out results they don’t like.

‘Extinction crisis’ advances as government declares 23 more species gone forever

September 29, 2021 By Matthew Brown

Death’s come knocking a last time for the splendid ivory-billed woodpecker and 22 more birds, fish, and other species.