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The agreements with actors and writers represent a capitulation by Hollywood’s biggest companies, which started the bargaining process with an expectation that the unions, especially SAG-AFTRA, would be relatively compliant.

The ballot initiative process is a crucial way for the public to make its voice heard, especially when gerrymandering gets in the way.

The Republican presidential debate last night was an unhinged parade of War on Terror–style militarism and paranoid saber-rattling. With or without Donald Trump, the GOP has absolutely lost it.

Palestinian voices and news from around Asia

More than 100 economists including Thomas Piketty and Jayati Ghosh publish open letter ahead of country’s 19 November election

And we’ll do it again

By pursuing its current war with Hamas, Israel is working against the goal of preserving the nation state of Israel.

The Arab Spring cemented Twitter’s indispensable role in fast-moving international stories. Elon Musk has destroyed that and given us something useless — and dangerous.

Rethinking Israel, Jewish identity and antisemitism

America's War Economy and the Urgent Call for Peace in the Middle East