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If hordes of cops are going to keep polluting New York’s increasingly flood-prone subways, the least they could do is grab a bucket and be helpful.

The world banned chemical weapons in 1997. Here’s why it took so long for the US to eliminate its arsenal.

DNA evidence shows that H. sapiens mated with groups including Neanderthals and Denisovans. It even reveals evidence of other “ghost populations” — groups who are part of our genetic code, but whose fossils we haven’t found yet.

As the groundbreaking TV show comes to an end, one Native American pop culture aficionado reflects on its impact

Katya Hoyer argues for a closer look at the triumphs and travails of everyday life under socialism.

Top negotiators for the writers guild believe the studios’ interests “are no longer sufficiently aligned to allow them to easily negotiate together”

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Maren Morris, a progressive chart-topping country and pop singer known for hits like “The Middle” and “The Bones,” has announced she’s distancing herself from the genre of country music. “After the Trump years, people’s biases were on full display.”

Bernie Sanders and the Squad have helped pave the way for open socialists to win elected seats in multiple levels of government at a scale that has not been seen in a century. Many progressives are taking a new look at the importance of ideology.