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In a revealing speech, Trump’s economic adviser has exposed the actual strategy behind the tariff policy: forcing other countries to provide financial support for US world hegemony.

The federal government under Joe Biden prosecuted fewer corporate crime cases than at any point in the last 30 years. Now the Trump administration is set to drop or pause more than 100 enforcement actions against corporate misconduct.

This Earth Day, on April 22, you can exercise your power. The wellbeing of our planet and its people is at stake.

When “resistance grows, but the killing does not stop,” it’s time to become more strategic, methodical, innovative, collaborative and dedicated to justice regardless of the whims of corporate power, institutional oppression, or societal approval.

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Bernie Sanders and his apparent heir, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, have drawn enormous crowds on their “Fighting Oligarchy” tour. Sanders expresses confidence that anti-establishment anger could turn into something substantive for the left.

Trump's plan for Ukraine seems to be reaching a tipping point. European states may soon be confronted with an entirely different war. They will either have to decisively support Ukraine or we could see an end to democratic Europe.

The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them

New research reveals how, by following different rules in the process of learning, neurons can perform multiple functions in parallel. This may have implications for human health and society, including new ways to design artificial neural networks.

Poet Esther Kamkar unspools the story about the snake and the garden.