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More than a century and a half before the American Revolution, a human hierarchy had evolved on the soil of the future United States. To comprehend the current upheavals one must understand the human pyramid encrypted into us all: the caste system.

Israeli settlers, hoping to beat Trump’s “Deal of a Century” plan to the punch, occupied the West Bank village of Battir. Under Trump’s plan Battir would remain Palestinian, so armed settlers are moving to create irreversible “facts on the ground.”

This spring, a team working under the president's son-in-law produced a plan for an aggressive, coordinated national COVID-19 response that could have brought the pandemic under control.

A tipster e-mailed the Minneapolis Police Department identifying him as a member of the Hells Angels biker gang

Enslaved people’s health was ignored from the country’s beginning, laying the groundwork for today’s health disparities

The five and a half hour long hearing on Capitol Hill offered a stunning illustration of the extent of misdeeds by big tech

COVID-19's catastrophic rates of sickness and death, as well as tragic economic consequences, require the boldest remedies this country is capable of mustering. There will be no economic recovery until the virus is contained.

Morgan Freeman Reads Rep. John Lewis’ Last Words. Audion | Playing For Change. New Epstein Docs Name Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew, Alan Dershowitz. Coronavirus Ramps Up in the U.S. and Claims Herman Cain. The Man Who Knew Infinity.

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Local prosecutors shouldn’t trust the reports of officers with prior misconduct. Local prosecutors must use the power and discretion afforded them to carry out sweeping reforms that will protect the public — especially Black communities...