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Retracing the steps of a Texan lynched in 1921 requires a trip through dark days in state history.

Tomorrow, Senegal votes in an election that French-backed president Macky Sall repeatedly delayed. The fact that the election is going ahead is a victory for young and poor Senegalese, whose protests resisted elites’ democratic backsliding.

Deteriorating working conditions have led to a shift in perspective, sparking an unprecedented wave of worker activism.

At the heart of the current uptick in union organizing at companies like Starbucks has been “worker-to-worker unionism.” That model could be key to scaling up organizing and revitalizing the labor movement.

Eight-episode series based on Liu Cixin novels triggers accusations of ‘Americanisation’ of a Chinese story

A groundbreaking new book demonstrates that even during the days of slavery, African Americans knew a lot more about legal principles than has been imagined.

Black holes are weird already, but it turns out that the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way Galaxy is a particularly weird one

Only months after forcing its former colonizer France to withdraw its troops, Niger, West Africa’s largest country, has said the presence of US troops is illegal.

"If we win, we will challenge an entire model of production. It would be a huge achievement, setting an international standard. If our maize is defeated in its center of origin, we would see the same in other centers of origin for other crops."

Athabaska Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) Chief Allan Adam said the lawsuit puts the entire oil industry on notice. “When they cause catastrophic environmental concerns to the community, they’re going to answer (for) it."