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In the stiflingly reactionary cultural atmosphere of postwar America, most filmmakers didn’t talk much about class. But there was one significant exception: film noir was the most class-conscious genre of motion picture America has ever produced.

The months ahead will be difficult. But the medical cavalry is coming, and the rest of us know what we need to do. The final death toll from Covid-19 will depend both on how we behave going forward and how quickly innovations arrive.

Biden is not going to quadruple anybody’s taxes, but he will increase the tax burden on the very rich. The richest 5 percent of taxpayers would bear almost the entire burden of Biden’s plan, which would raise $2.8 trillion over the next decade...

The Republican deal with the devil to tolerate Trumpian corruption in exchange for a supermajority deserves both scorn and redress.

Fascism pushed back in Greece and Nigeria * Workers rumble in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Indonesia and Germany

Black and Latinx people are disproportionately affected by disenfranchisement laws, which are still in effect in most U.S. states.

Most Democrats, now looking forward to a Biden presidency and a narrow majority in the next Senate, realize that Republicans can block virtually all Democratic legislation by using the filibuster, and they therefore favor its abolition.

The ultimate goal of many liberal movements is equity, which does not seem too much of a priority for Barrett.

The Right vs Left/Center showdown brings a court victory over fascism in Greece, exploding teens, and a mess of menaces.

With time running out and Republicans balking at more Covid relief, U.S. workers are facing a future of financial misery.