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As of 2016, about 80% of people in genetic studies were of European descent. We know humans originated in Africa but we don’t know what we did before we emigrated — we don't know our own history.

UBS report shows billionaires increased fortunes by $1.4tn, more than the GDP of Spain

Donald Trump’s economic advisers released a bizarre report attacking socialism yesterday. Socialists can only take one lesson from it: we’re winning.

Here, ‘reform versus revolution’ is not a useful way to frame the dilemmas that socialists must actually confront. Political hopes are inseparable from notions of what is possible.

How activists are racing to create a midterm Black wave.

Voter suppression could mar the midterms. But pro-voter ballot initiatives in several states offer the chance to dramatically expand and strengthen our democracy.

Democratic candidates have exposed the outlandish lies by Trump and numerous Republicans pretending to defend the sick. But the inconvenient truth is that even with the ACA insurance companies have found numerous ways to skirt the law.

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Saudi Arabia's apparent assassination of Jamal Khashoggi might have taken inspiration from Russia and North Korea - or Israel and the United States. State-sponsored assassination is a ruthless gamble. But other countries have gotten away with it.