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Review of The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American Founding, by Osita Nwanevu.

Polarization Nation

Frederick Douglass’ Winning Oratorical Debut (1841), Setting the Standard for Jury Nullification (1670), “Free Joan Little!” Done That. (1975), A Dire Warning, Heeded Not (1975), VERY Late, But Never TOO Late (1920)

A new law signed by Gov. Dan McKee has made Rhode Island the first state to explicitly protect graduate student workers’ right to unionize if the National Labor Relations Board declines to do so.

First: gunshots, lockdown. The headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control campus in Atlanta was under attack. Dozens of my friends and colleagues were inside.

The Forum gathered diverse voices advocating peace, climate justice, and social justice, seeking to break Europe’s political deadlock and avert its march to war. The Forum concluded with a common declaration.

Last Friday, the Supreme Court all but announced how it would rule on the future of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Chick-fil-A buys its chicken from a company fined by the Department of Labor for employing 14-year-olds to eviscerate poultry at an Alabama packing plant. Children also operated fork lifts, worked on the kill floor, and worked overnight shifts.

New approach finds ‘parent-of-origin’ effects in more than a dozen genes — without the need for parental data.

While the IRS move applies across the country, Texas — with more than 200 megachurches — will be the epicenter for pastors and congregations to test out their new influence, one expert said.