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Howard Zinn's life was a model for left-wing intellectuals to both produce and take action to transform the world.

“Campesinos” are driving the evolution of maize in North America

Gamification is the use of game elements in non-game contexts. Incentivizing workers based on individual competition and bonuses isn’t new, but when Sarah Mason became a Lyft driver she found the gig economy had taken gamification to another level.

Going forward, American exports and supply chains could be disrupted, agricultural yields could fall to 1980s levels by midcentury and fire season could spread to the Southeast, the report finds.

A landmark study finds that most Americans do not fit neatly into the ideological camps on the right or the left.

The military is leaving the southern border, and the caravan hasn’t even arrived yet.

Trump once again impugned the legitimacy of a judge who ruled against him. Chief Justice Roberts drew a line in the sand.

Protests are essential to the democratic experience and can never be replaced by online activism or voting.

You cannot outflank the right by adopting its promises, that way you only end up as its handmaiden.

Any amateur politician can engage in lying. Trump is engaging in “post-truth.” Ideology takes precedence over reality.