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DNA from enslaved Black workers at a 19th century iron forge links them to living descendants. But the research swirls with ethical questions

As family members of the disappeared pass away, the momentum of the fight slows. Argentina’s media outlets don’t often cover the trials, or the ensuing sentence mitigations, so many don’t realize that most convicted state terrorists aren't in prison.

Petro’s inaugural year was characterized by guaranteeing free higher education, agrarian reform, reopening of relations with Venezuela, and an attempt to reform health care, labor regulations, and pensions.

With rising global tensions, unsurprisingly the same old McCarthyite playbook is again being dusted off. We reject these smears.

There is an ongoing problem of drug shortages.

How the Raise the Wage Act would benefit U.S. workers, their families, and entire communities

Facing another 20 years in prison for ‘extremism,’ Navalny’s courtroom speech urges others to fight the ‘unscrupulous evil’ of the Russian authorities

'We're not just voting. We're also running': David Hogg launches a young candidate PAC. The success of Maxwell Frost, advocate-turned-politician and the youngest member of Congress, is a motivator, says Hogg.

Soil is estimated to be home to 90% of the world’s fungi, 85% of plants and more than 50% of bacteria, making it the world’s most species-rich habitat

It could be for the best, in the Justice Department’s view, that Judge Cannon didn’t grant the government’s requested date in Florida.