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The men who made the intentional decision to murder my father are long dead; the men and women who today are plotting to render much of our beautiful planet uninhabitable are very much with us…

Most baseball films are pure entertainment. But baseball is often the setting for notable films that tell a bigger story about America’s social conditions. As the Major League Baseball season begins, here are 13 examples.

Strain of aiming to influence Israel’s actions without leverage and also avoiding starvation is showing, say analysts

Regulators cited Maersk for its “illegal policy” blocking employees from reporting safety concerns to the Coast Guard.

Sustaining democracy with collective action

Is the Israeli-American ‘special relationship’ in danger, or are the two leaders merely playing a game of political survival?

Our current way of doing things is inhumane and unsustainable, and it is essential that we transition to a system which prioritizes patient care over profit.

Health outcomes and life expectancy improve in counties where residents have greater opportunity to engage in civic life.

The report concludes that Israel’s policies in Gaza give “reasonable grounds to believe that the threshold indicating Israel’s commission of genocide is met.”

Citizen-led ballot measures in recent years have been used in various states to expand Medicaid, preserve abortion rights and raise minimum wages. The most common topic for veto referendums over the years has been taxation.