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Almost half a century of fighting brought the country to its nadir, and there is no clear way out of the misery.

States were meant to be “laboratories of democracy.” Instead, they are pioneering new ways to restrict voting and distort representation.

Alaska snow crab season canceled as officials investigate disappearance of an estimated 1 billion crabs.

It will compensate seniors for the bout of inflation. Workers deserve as much.

Democrats finally seem to realize that accountability is more important than risk avoidance

For the first time in any language the National Security Archive is publishing a translation of the first meeting between Khrushchev and Raul Castro on July 18, 1960, providing new insight into what each side wanted, expected and promised.

Angela Lansbury, who died this week at 96, was a proud socialist who achieved enormous success in film, theater, and TV. Yet her astonishing range was botched by the Hollywood studio system — preventing her movie career from flourishing even more.

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Chan Davis, died last month at 96, faced down McCarthyite blacklists and imprisonment to pursue a brilliant academic career. Davis knew how to change and learn from political experience, but he always remained loyal to his socialist principles.