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Those now promoting the path to war with ever more, ever heavier weapons, sparing no thought for the costs, are the expression of a veritably apocalyptic mood in our society which no longer believes in real social progress

Protesters across US call for justice for Tyre Nichols

Palestinians responded to Israel's "massacre" in Jenin with protests and resistance across the West Bank, including an attack on an East Jerusalem settlement where at least seven Israelis were killed.

Arizona Republican leaders who asked Cyber Ninjas to carry out the audit publicly denied that Trump was involved, saying “this absolutely has nothing to do with Trump”. Documented’s analysis pierces that denial.

If classroom realities matter at all to governors and state legislators who have imposed CRT bans on schools, they would be embarrassed at having barred students from the kind of thought provoking teaching we witnessed in this project.

“The validity of the public debt of the United States,” the 14th Amendment declares, “shall not be questioned.” If Congressional Republicans violate this, President Biden, acting along, should do as the Constitution requires.

Ex-FBI official McGonigal worked for a sanctioned Russian oligarch, prosecutors say. Earlier, he was in charge of investigating the Trump campaign's Russian connections. Historian Timothy Snyder lays out the tangled web of facts.

Roy Wood Jr. Explores Police Militarization & Atlanta's "Cop City." Make the Super-rich Pay Their Fair Share. Memphis BLM Activist on Tyre Nichols' Killing. Why We All Need Subtitles Now. When Culture Changes Our DNA.

Reader Comments: What Price “Defense”?; Monterey Park; Readers Respond - Ukraine War and The Left; Israel; Argentina 1985; George Santos; Gun Control; Lots of Announcements; Student Activist Scholarship Applications Available; More....

Ten thousand Americans turn 60 every day, and on average we’ll live another 23 years. We’ll vote in huge numbers, as we always do. One possibility is that we’ll help turn back the clock a little, toward the world we actually built in our youth.