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A settlement doesn’t make all the other revelations go away, no matter how much money it is.

The Second Amendment was intended in the first instance to protect slaveholders from the people they owned.

After the pandemic decimated the child care industry, parents are now routinely waiting years for care and doing anything they can to get off a waitlist.

“Don’t assume that a blanket message on critical race theory or transgender issues is going to claim every district,” one GOP activist said.

The microbiome’s signals regulate the growth and function of energy-producing mitochondria across many cell types. The ultraprocessed foods that make up an increasing fraction of American diets can disrupt these signals.

The Rutgers strike can’t be seen in isolation but as part of a massive national movement looking to counter the corporate takeover of higher education that’s helped to accelerate wealth inequality to historic levels.

Inspired by Brazil’s president, Americans on the left consider whether to match the international right with a movement of their own.

Out of a common history emerged racism, capitalism, and the whole world. This offers us a clue on how to change that world.

Brandon Johnson’s mayoral victory is a first step toward transforming the deeply unequal city. If he’s going to undertake radical reform efforts in Chicago, Johnson needs protests and strikes to fend off the inevitable capitalist attacks.

Reforms are needed to ensure that inaccurate budgetary math doesn’t take precedence over maximizing long-term prosperity.