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Wealthy partisans aligned with the GOP are going for that Hispanic vote in a big, big way. They intend to use the same tools that have turned state after state reliably red since the 1980s: radio & TV

Peru’s deepening crisis is a cautionary tale about democracies that fail to deliver for ordinary people.

By 2050 electric vehicles could require huge amounts of lithium for their batteries, causing damaging expansions of mining

Remembering a pathbreaker for free media

U.K. workers rise up against Conservatives’ attempt to hollow out their right to strike.

Biden’s industrial policies represent a stunning ideological reversal. The harder part will be making them work

Labor organizing is severely restricted in Iran but independent unions have actively backed demands for women’s rights.

The modern Republican Party has always exploited and encouraged extremism.

Watching the GOP’s circular firing squad during the speaker votes was entertaining, but what do progressive Democrats have to show for rallying round their party’s leadership?

Myanmar’s military junta is not short of partners. Indeed, business, notably in the arms market, continues unabated. Such conduct makes a mockery of the sanctio ns and injunctions imposed by the EU, United States and other states since the 2021 coup.