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"This bill would rubber-stamp unchecked abuses of power even further," said the leader of one government watchdog group.

The press is mostly framing the Yemen group chat scandal as a story of incompetence. There’s little attention being paid to the deadliness, illegality, and ineffectiveness of the strikes themselves.

Israeli PM warns of seizure of territories and ‘other measures’ if Hamas refuses to release remaining hostages

A win for trans rights... in Montana!

We absolutely won’t tolerate leaks, they said before looping in a journalist to top secret war plans. Feel safe? Me neither

The world as we know it is a product of globalization — and this era of globalization might be coming to a close.

The Supreme Court said in 2010 that the decision wouldn’t damage Americans’ faith in democracy. Whoops.

Liberals and conservatives face off in the most political apolitical race in the country.

This year marks the 500th anniversary of the German Peasants’ War, the largest European uprising before the French Revolution, in which peasants seized upon the radical implications of Martin Luther’s theology to challenge a hierarchical social order

Combining the wisdom of experience with the energy of youth can create powerful, lasting change.